Traumatic arteriovenous fistula of the kidney; an unusual cause of hypertensive encephalopathy.
A patient with a traumatic arteriovenous fistula of the kidney developed encephalopathy with seizures and was unconscious for 48 hours before undergoing a left nephrectomy, excision of a false aneurysm of the left renal artery, and colostomy closure. He has remained in good health for two years following the final operative intervention.
D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000209:etiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D012077:Renal Artery; D012082:Renal Veins; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*