The Hidden Diagnosis: Renal Aneurysm And AV Fistula Disguised As A Renal Cyst In In A Primigravida Pregnant Woman
Renal aneurysms are rare and uncommon findings with an incidence of 0.01%-0.1% in the general population, usually made incidentally with imaging obtained to evaluate unrelated pathologies.A true Renal artery aneurysm is defined as a dilated segment of renal artery.Arteriovenous fistula is caused by etiologies, including traumatic or iatrogenic injury or arterial dissection and infection/ inflammation.Our case is a young primigravida presented with gastroenteritis symptoms.For which ultrasound was done to exclude acute abdomen pathologies.Incidentally found to have a cyst and hydronephrosis.On follow up a repeat ultrasound was done uncovering a cyst mimicking Right renal aneurysm and arteriovenous fistula.
Authors
- Ahmed Alkindi
- Amani Ghassan Alsa’di (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5077-0754)
- Rashid Alsharhan
- H. I. Al‐Sadi
- Maryam Layth
Institutions
- Rashid Hospital (AE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Radiology Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.5600
- Primary Topic
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00