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[Spontaneous bleeding from renal cyst as a cause of acute anemia]
Orestes Noel Mederos Curbelo1, Orestes Noel Barrera, Juan Carlos Barrera Ortega
1Hospital Universitario Manuel Fajodo, Citudad de la Habana, Cuba.
Objective:
To report a case of a simple left renal cyst in a patient who presented with spontaneous pain and acute anemia due to intracystic hemorrhage.
Methods:
Diagnostic imaging techniques such as assessment of the urinary tract with contract medium, ultrasound CT and MRI were utilized for correct preoperative diagnosis and surgical management.
Results:
The patient was able to return to normal active work.
Conclusions:
Rarely as in the case described renal cysts can collect blood at the expense of the renal parenchayma. Ultrasound and CT are very useful diagnostic imaging techniques in renal pathologies.