Introduction showed a pulse rate of 90 bpm. The blood pressure was 130/80 mmHg. Physical findings revealed local Lumbar artery injuries are encountered infrequently tenderness on the left lower quadrant of the abdomen. The patient underwent computerised tomography in cases of trauma without lumbar spine or pelvic fractures. In these cases, patients developed lumbar (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis, which showed large retroperitoneal haematoma. Ten hours later, the patient artery pseudoaneurysms, which were treated by open repair or by selective angiographic embolisation. To became tachycardic with a blood pressure of 100/ 70 mmHg. The haemoglobin decreased from 11 gr/dL the best of our knowledge, there is no report on spontaneous rupture of the lumbar artery without a to 8.7 gr/dL, the haematocrit decreased from 33 to 25.2 mg%. The patient was treated by intravenous trauma. We report a case of retroperitoneal haemorrhage saline and blood transfusion. Since the patient remained haemodynamically undue to spontaneous lumbar artery rupture, in a patient with chronic renal failure treated with haemodialysis stable during the next 8 h, angiography was performed which showed extravasation from a left lumbar artery and steroids. The retroperitoneal bleeding was controlled successfully by selective angiographic em(Fig. 1). Selective angiographic embolisation of the lumbar artery was successfully performed, the bleedbolisation. We emphasise the diagnostic procedures of a chronic renal failure patient with unexplained ing was controlled and the patient became stable (Fig. 2). Two days later, the patient developed multi-organ haemodynamic instability, including computerised tomography, angiography, as well as the selective failure without evidence of hypovolaemia, and died. embolisation procedure.
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