Renal Artery Microaneurysm in a Woman With Amyloidosis

Authors

  • Morteza Sanei Taheri Department of Radiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Rozita Abolghasemi Department of Nephrology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Hamid Reza Haghighatkhah Department of Radiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Omolbanin Taziki Department of Nephrology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Mehran Arab Ahmadi Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Behdad Behnam Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author
  • Mohsen Zakavati Avval Department of Radiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Author

Abstract

Amyloidosis is an extracellular deposition of abnormal serum proteins. Systemic amyloidosis could involve different organs such as the spleen, liver, and kidneys. Renal artery microaneurysm is very rare in renal amyloidosis. We report a 44-year-old woman who was referred to our general hospital for evaluation of rising serum creatinine level, anemia, and pathological fracture. Two hours following renal biopsy, she developed severe pain in the left flank during voiding and ultrasonography revealed a large perinephric hematoma. She underwent angiography that incidentally showed pseudoaneurysm with diffused renal artery microaneurysm. The feeding artery to the pseudoaneurysm was completely ligated by an interventional radiologist. The subsequent histopathological report of the kidney revealed amyloidosis.

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Published

2016-02-07

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CASE REPORT | Kidney Diseases

How to Cite

Renal Artery Microaneurysm in a Woman With Amyloidosis. (2016). Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases, 10(2), 94-96. https://ijkd.org/index.php/ijkd/article/view/2200