Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Sudden Onset Right Flank Pain: A Case Report of Wunderlich’s Syndrome in Emergency Department Related to Ruptured Renal Angiomyolipoma

Abstract

Ararat E

We reported a case of Wunderlich’s syndrome in a patient with massive retroperitoneal haemorrhage who was admitted to the Emergency Department with acute onset right flank pain that began in the previous 2 days. During the stay in ED, unstable hemodynamics were occurred due to haemorrhagic shock and nephrectomy was planned. In the postoperative period, the patient had good convalescent and no complications were detected. After 10 days of follow-up, the patient was hemodynamically stable, blood laboratory results were normal and the patient was discharged. In addition, no hemorrhage, no metastasis and no recurrence were observed at the end of the 6-months follow-up.