Angiology: Open Access
Open Access

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Publications

• Case Report   
  Nontraumatic Spontaneous Bilateral Renal Hemorrhages (Wünderlich Syndrome) with Chronic Infection of Chlamydia Pneumonia: A Case Report
  Author(s): Brero Makumata*, Laris Yone, Baksu Tame, Saryn Guno and Lui Bae
  
  Introduction: Nontraumatic spontaneous renal hemorrhage is caused by tumor such as renal cell carcinoma or angiomyolipoma in most cases. Vasculitis including periarteritis nodosa or Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA)-mediated vasculitis may also be the next underlying background. Here in, we report the first case of nontraumatic spontaneous bilateral renal hemorrhage combined with chronic infection of Chlamydia pneumoniae. Case presentation: The patient serially suffered from left and right back pain within 78 days due to bilateral spontaneous renal hemorrhages. Transcatheter arterial embolization was successfully performed twice to treat serial spontaneous bilateral renal hemorrhages. The serological examination apparently revealed his chronic infection of Chlamydia pneumoniae and a slight elevation of.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9495.22.10.298

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