RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1004107143
T1 Renal Artery Aneurysms
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1004107143
RD 2024/04/18
AB •  Uncommon•  Usually  saccular  located  at  primary  or  secondary  bifurcation•  4  categories:  1.  True  aneurysm2.  Dissecting  aneurysm3.  Aneurysms  associated  with  fibrodysplastic  disease4.  Arteritis-related  microaneurysms•  Renovascular  hypertension  can  be  due  to:  -Associated  arterial  stenosis-Dissection-AV  fistula-Thromboembolism-Compression  of  adjacent  arterial  branches•  Rupture  is  rare  except  during  pregnancy,  results  in  loss  of  kidney;  death  is  rare•  Emboli  from  aneurysm  to  distal  vessels  occur  rarely