Acute hemorrhage from a pyelocaliceal diverticulum of a native kidney in a renal transplant patient.

Clin Nephrol

Renal Unit, O. L. Vrouwziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium.

Published: December 1993

A 28-year-old renal transplant patient developed a shock due to an acute bleeding from his right native kidney. An urgent nephrectomy was performed. Macroscopic and histological examination revealed a pyelocaliceal diverticulum as the cause of the hemorrhage. This rare event must be taken into account in every case of an unexplained acute renal bleeding.

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