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Unusual manifestations of renal artery aneurysms

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Urologic radiology

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Two unusual cases of renal artery aneurysm are presented. The first, a 10.4-cm aneurysm, the largest yet reported, manifested as an abdominal mass in an otherwise asymptomatic patient. The second was associated with renovascular hypertension in a 6-month-old infant, the youngest patient yet reported.

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    P. Robinson Silver & Joel A. Budin M.D.

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Silver, P.R., Budin, J.A. Unusual manifestations of renal artery aneurysms. Urol Radiol 12, 80–83 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02923973

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