Wunderlich syndrome
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Wunderlich syndrome is a rare condition in which spontaneous nontraumaticnon-traumatic renal haemorrhage occurs into the subcapsular and perirenal spaces.
Clinical presentation
Wunderlich syndrome is clinically characterised by Lenk's triad:
- acute flank pain
- flank mass
- hypovolaemic shock
Mnemonic
- F: flank pain (acute)
- F: flank mass
- H: hypovolemic shock
Pathology
Aetiology
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neoplastic
- neoplasms are the most common cause
- among benign neoplasms, angiomyolipoma is the commonest, while among malignancies, renal cell carcinoma is the commonest
- cases of haemorrhage from tuberous sclerosis and pregnancy-related angiomyolipomas have been reported 1,4
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non-neoplastic
- vascular causes: vasculitis (polyarteritis nodosa being the commonest cause), renal artery aneurysms, AV malformations and fistulas, renal vein thrombosis
- cystic renal diseases
- calculus disease
- nephritis
- coagulation disorders
Radiographic features
Haemorrhage in the perinephric space, often with a primary lesion seen within the kidney, e.g. angiomyolipoma, renal cell carcinoma.
Treatment and prognosis
If the haemorrhage is self-limiting and the patient is responsive to fluid resuscitation, the patient can be managed conservatively. Angiographic selective embolisation may be pursued in haemodynamically stable patients. In haemodynamically unstable patients, emergent nephrectomy (partial or total) is often required 3.
History and etymology
It is named after the German physician Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich(1815-1877), who published the first case description in 1856, and who is most famously remembered for his pioneering work on clinical thermometry 5,6. The term Wunderlich syndrome was first recorded by Coenen in 1910 6.
See also
-<p><strong>Wunderlich syndrome</strong> is a rare condition in which spontaneous nontraumatic renal haemorrhage occurs into the subcapsular and perirenal spaces.</p><h4>Clinical presentation</h4><p>Wunderlich syndrome is clinically characterised by <strong>Lenk's triad</strong>:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Wunderlich syndrome</strong> is a rare condition in which spontaneous non-traumatic renal haemorrhage occurs into the subcapsular and perirenal spaces.</p><h4>Clinical presentation</h4><p>Wunderlich syndrome is clinically characterised by <strong>Lenk's triad</strong>:</p><ul>
-</ul><h4>Radiographic features</h4><p>Haemorrhage in the <a href="/articles/perirenal-space">perinephric space</a>, often with a primary lesion seen within the kidney, e.g. angiomyolipoma, renal cell carcinoma.</p><h4>Treatment and prognosis</h4><p>If the haemorrhage is self-limiting and the patient is responsive to fluid resuscitation, the patient can be managed conservatively. Angiographic selective embolisation may be pursued in haemodynamically stable patients. In haemodynamically unstable patients, emergent nephrectomy (partial or total) is often required <sup>3</sup>.</p><h4>History and etymology</h4><p>It is named after the German physician <strong>Carl Reinhold August</strong> <strong>Wunderlich</strong>.</p><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/herlyn-werner-wunderlich-syndrome">Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome</a></li></ul>- +</ul><h4>Radiographic features</h4><p>Haemorrhage in the <a href="/articles/perirenal-space">perinephric space</a>, often with a primary lesion seen within the kidney, e.g. angiomyolipoma, renal cell carcinoma.</p><h4>Treatment and prognosis</h4><p>If the haemorrhage is self-limiting and the patient is responsive to fluid resuscitation, the patient can be managed conservatively. Angiographic selective embolisation may be pursued in haemodynamically stable patients. In haemodynamically unstable patients, emergent nephrectomy (partial or total) is often required <sup>3</sup>.</p><h4>History and etymology</h4><p>It is named after the German physician <strong>Carl Reinhold August</strong> <strong>Wunderlich </strong>(1815-1877), who published the first case description in 1856, and who is most famously remembered for his pioneering work on clinical thermometry <sup>5,6</sup>. The term Wunderlich syndrome was first recorded by Coenen in 1910 <sup>6</sup>.</p><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/herlyn-werner-wunderlich-syndrome">Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome</a></li></ul>
References changed:
- 5. Mackowiak PA, Worden G. Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich and the evolution of clinical thermometry. (1994) Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 18 (3): 458-67. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/18.3.458">doi:10.1093/clinids/18.3.458</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8011836">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 6. Wang BH, Pureza V, Wang H. A tale of Wünderlich syndrome. (2012) Journal of surgical case reports. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjs015">doi:10.1093/jscr/rjs015</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24968401">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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