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Wunderlich’s syndrome: Three cases of acute spontaneous renal bleeding, conservately treated
Author(s) -
Andrea Guttilla,
Alessandro Crestani,
Francesca Cattaneo,
Fabio Zattoni,
Claudio Valotto,
Massimo Iafrate,
Fabrizio Moro,
Filiberto Zattoni
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
archivio italiano di urologia andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 2282-4197
pISSN - 1124-3562
DOI - 10.4081/aiua.2013.4.210
Subject(s) - medicine
Wunderlich’s syndrome is a clinical condition defined as a spontaneous renal bleeding of non traumatic origin, contained within the Gerota’s fascia. Wunderlich’s syndrome is rare. Spontaneous bleeding of kidney tumors, either benign or malignant, represents the more common causes. Classically it presents with acute flank pain, tender palpable mass and clinical hemodynamic deterioration. These symptoms are defined as the Lenk’s classic triad. We present three cases of spontaneous renal bleeding.

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