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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2005 20(10):2268-2270; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh935
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Case Report

Intrarenal arterial aneurysms with haematuria in a patient with tuberous sclerosis complex

Thomas Künzi1, Frank Walther2, Hans-Peter Marti1, Felix J. Frey1 and Bruno Vogt1

1 Nephrology/Hypertension and 2 Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Berne, Switzerland

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Bruno Vogt, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, University of Berne, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010 Berne, Switzerland. Email: bvogt@gmx.ch

Keywords: aneurysm; embolization; haematuria; tuberous sclerosis

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   Introduction
 
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is an autosomal dominant disease with a wide spectrum of pathological lesions [1,2]. Almost half of the patients with TSC have an underlying renal pathology, mainly angiomyolipomas, cysts and/or renal cell carcinoma [3,4]. TSC rarely involves medium size and large vessels, including the renal arteries. Arterial aneurysms have been reported for intracranial arteries, for the aorta and for the kidneys in patients with TSC [5]. The clinical management of the two main complications, fever and haematuria, in these patients is uncertain. Here we report on a patient with two large intrarenal arterial aneurysms who presented with . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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