Wunderlich syndrome: Rare and unrecognized emergency

Hamedoun Larbi; Ilias Hassan; Amine Cherraqi; Rachida Saouab; Alami Mohammed; Ameur Ahmed

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102093

Wunderlich syndrome: Rare and unrecognized emergency

Urol Case Rep. 2022 Apr 26:43:102093. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102093. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Hamedoun Larbi¹, Ilias Hassan¹, Amine Cherraqi², Rachida Saouab², Alami Mohammed¹, Ameur Ahmed¹

Affiliations

¹ Urology Department, Military Hospital of Instruction Mohamed V, Hay Ryad, 10100, RABAT, Morocco.
² Radiology Department, Military Hospital of Instruction Mohamed V, Hay Ryad, 10100, RABAT, Morocco.

Abstract

A real life-threatening emergency, Wunderlich syndrome (WS) is an interesting and unknown clinical condition characterised by intense beginning of spontaneous, non-traumatic renal haemorrhage in the sub-capsular and perirenal space, with a typical clinical and radiological presentation [1] that allow the diagnosis. Although most cases are treated invasively either by surgery or embolization to control the bleeding, Fortunately our 66 year old patient admitted to the Mohammed V military hospital in Rabat benefited from a conservative treatment, which allowed him to avoid all the associated complications and to be discharged from hospital in less than 4 days.

Keywords: (WS); Haemodialysis; Haemorrhage; Spontaneous; Wunderlich syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports