Renal Ganglioneuroma Presenting as an Apparent Renal Artery Aneurysm
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We present a case of a 30-year-old woman with a suspected contained rupture of a renal artery aneurysm which was managed with staged embolization and nephrectomy. Pathology demonstrated that the collection around the presumed aneurysmal rupture was an associated ganglioneuroma.
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