Malignant renal arteriovenous fistulae. A cause of reversible cardiac failure.
A patient was investigated for painless haematuria, and a highly vascular renal cell carcinoma was shown on angiography. When this neoplasm was surgically removed, there was a remarkable improvement in the signs and symptoms of heart failure, from which the patient had been suffering for some time.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery; D012082:Renal Veins