title: Treatment of massive hemorrhage after renal biopsy with percutaneous arterial obliteration.
abstract: Severe perirenal hemorrhage is a major, although rare, postbiopsy complication. We report a case of a 48-year-old man with a postbiopsy massive bleeding from a ramification of the renal artery supplying the lower pole of the left kidney. Treatment consisted of complete obliteration of the bleeding vessel by helding a percutaneous catether in wedge position during a renal arteriographyc study. Our case shows that percutaneous arterial obliteration is a successful procedure in treating postbiopsy renal hemorrhage, representing an effective alternative to surgical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Iaccarino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niola
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stanziale
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Andreucci
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011507:Proteinuria; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery*