Renal Symptoms and Kidney Impairment Due to Dissecting Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Abstract

Renal artery stenosis leading to renal damage is not uncommon among patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm and has been identified in 20-38% of patients with aortic disease. In otherwise normal renal arteries, a thrombus at the origin of the artery may decrease the renal blood flow, leading to renal colic and kidney impairment. We report a rare case of a patient with renal symptoms associated with dissecting aortic aneurysm, with thrombus at the level of the origin of an otherwise normal right renal artery.