Fatal renal haemorrhage following haemodialysis in a patient with obstructive uropathy.
A 22-year-old male with obstructive uropathy and renal failure was given pre-operative haemodialysis. He collapsed five hours later. Autopsy revealed massive intrarenal haemorrhage and rupture of a dilated superior calyx intraperitoneally. Anticoagulation employed during haemodialysis was probably responsible for this spontaneous renal haemorrhage and subsequent calyceal rupture.
D000328:Adult; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D007670:Kidney Calices; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous