A Cough Deteriorating Gross Hematuria : A Clinical Sign of a Forthcoming Life-Threatening Rupture of an Intraparenchymal Aneurysm of Renal Artery (Wunderlich's Syndrome)‎

Abstract EN

Macroscopic hematuria regards the 4% to 20% of all urological visits.

Renal artery aneurysms (RAAs) are detected in approximately 0.01%–1% of the general population, while intraparenchymal renal artery aneurysms (IPRAAs) are even more rarely detected in less than 10% of patients with RAAs.

We present a case of a 58-year-old woman that came into the emergency room (ER) complaining of a gross hematuria during the last four days.

Although in the ER room the first urine sample was clear after a cough episode, a severe gross hematuria began which led to a hemodynamically unstable patient.

Finally, a radical nephrectomy was performed, and an IPRAA was the final diagnosis.

A cough deteriorating hematuria could be attributed to a ruptured intraparenchymal renal artery aneurysm, which even though constitutes a rare entity, it is a life-threatening medical emergency.