Endovascular treatment of a delayed renal artery pseudoaneurysm following blunt abdominal trauma.

Received May 2007 Accepted August 2007 INTRODUCTION Pseudoaneurysms of the renal artery occur most commonly after a penetrating trauma or as a complication of some renal interventional procedures such as kidney biopsy, percutaneous nephrostomy, and open or endoscopic surgeries on the kidney; however, their occurrence after blunt abdominal trauma is rare.(1) The average interval between injury and onset of the secondary renal hemorrhage is approximately 12 days (range, 2 to 36 days).(2) We present a case with renal artery pseudoaneurysm presented with gross hematuria 8 years after a blunt abdominal trauma.