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Query: UMLS:C0016199 (flank pain)
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A case of spontaneous renal rupture with subcapsular hematoma was reported. The patient was a 44-year old man complaining of a sudden left flank pain without any recent history of trauma. His abdominal ultrasonography (US), computerized tomography (CT) and renal angiography demonstrated left renal rupture with subcapsular renal hematoma. Cytological examination of left upper urinary tract revealed a suspicion of a neoplasma of renal pelvis and left renal function was not recovered. Therefore, left total nephro-uretectomy was performed, and histological examination revealed hemorrhage and infarct due to the severe arteriosclerosis and intestinal nephritis without malignancy. Sixty-three cases of non-traumatic subcapsular renal hematoma reported previously in the Japanese literature are reviewed with some statistical analyses.
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PMID:[A case report of spontaneous renal rupture due to arteriosclerosis]. 780 43

An 83-year-old woman presented with left flank pain and high grade fever. After left ureteral catheterization and intensive chemotherapy with hemoperfusion, surgical exploration revealed the lower pole branches of the renal vessels were obstructing the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), and dissection of the vessels released the obstruction. An 82-year-old man presented with right flank pain. Angiography demonstrated UPJ obstruction caused by the lower pole branch of the renal artery. Arterial dissection with dismembered pyeloplasty resulted in improvement of obstruction. In both cases, the patients had a long history of hypertension with mild to severe arteriosclerosis. Arteriosclerosis associated with fixation of the UPJ, may be one of the important factors leading to progressive hydronephrosis in geriatric patients.
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PMID:Geriatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction: the possible role of an arteriosclerotic lower pole branch of renal artery: report of two cases. 1076 3