Spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage secondary to a renal cause

Spontaneous rupture of normal renal parenchyma must indeed be rare. Virtually all patients in this paper had a significant abnormality that presented with bleeding. Our Case 5 is the only one without a clear underlying pathologic entity. We should stress the high incidence of associated disease in k...

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Published inJournal of surgical oncology Vol. 31; no. 1; p. 31
Main Authors Drago, J R, York, J P, Dagen, J E, Rohner, Jr, T J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1986
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Female
Hemorrhage - etiology
Humans
Kidney Diseases - complications
Kidney Neoplasms - complications
Male
Middle Aged
Retroperitoneal Space
Rupture, Spontaneous
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Summary:Spontaneous rupture of normal renal parenchyma must indeed be rare. Virtually all patients in this paper had a significant abnormality that presented with bleeding. Our Case 5 is the only one without a clear underlying pathologic entity. We should stress the high incidence of associated disease in kidneys that bleed "spontaneously" and therefore the need for exploration and/or nephrectomy.
ISSN:0022-4790
DOI:10.1002/jso.2930310106