Embolization of a segmental renal artery pseudoaneurysm after partial nephrectomy in a solitary kidney

Renal pseudoaneurysms a re a well-documented complication following trauma or after percutaneous biopsy. When symptomatic, patients present with hemat uria and deteriorating renal function. We present the case of a 62-year-old man who, due to development of a pseudoaneurysm, presented with gross hema turia 10 days after partial nephrectomy for a renal cell carcinoma in a sin gle kidney, A segmental artery was embolized with stainless steel coils wit hout significant loss of the limited renal vascularization, Copyright (C) 2 000 S. Karger AG, Basel.