Hematuria following kidney tumorectomy: Can it hide an arteriovenous fistula? - Abstract

We present the case and radiologic images of a 64-year-old man who presented with gross hematuria and fever 2 months after undergoing retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy for a 4.7 × 4.6 cm papillary renal cell carcinoma.

Angio-TC demonstrated an aneurysmatic dilatation of the anterior inferior segmental artery of the right kidney with an arteriovenous fistula; the patient was treated with angiography and selective cannulation by deploying 4 platinum coils. At follow-up, we used contrast-enhanced ultrasound to monitor coil embolization of the renal artery pseudoaneurysm.

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Pavan N, Liguori G, Vedovo F, Bucci S, Bertolotto M, Trombetta C.   Are you the author?
University of Trieste, Urology Department, Cattinara Hospital, Trieste - Italy.

Reference: Urologia. 2014 Oct 10;0(0):0.
doi: 10.5301/uro.5000089


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PMID: 25363040

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