LIFE THREATHENING RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA: RENAL CYST RUPTURE INDUCED BY LAPAROSCOPY?

Mut T., ÇETİNKAYA M., Turkay R., ÇULLU N., TEKİN L.

ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, vol.29, no.3, pp.447-449, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Journal Name: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.447-449
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We report a case of spontaneous renal cyst rupture which ended up as a life threatening retroperitoneal hematoma. A 61 year-old female patient was admitted to our Department suffering from severe left flank pain due to massive hemorrhage caused by a left renal cyst rupture possibly after a laparoscopic intervention. Spontaneous renal cyst rupture is a very rare event but it may be a life threatening condition when it is associated with massive bleeding.