title: Image-directed and color Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of postbiopsy arteriovenous fistulas of native kidneys.
abstract: Using image-directed and color Doppler ultrasonography (ICDUS), we examined 65 patients with single kidney biopsy and diagnosed one arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in each of 8 kidneys. Three of them were associated with pseudoaneurysms. Three of the patients with AVF who presented with macrohematuria underwent angiography. Therapeutic percutaneous embolization was performed in 2 of them. The remaining 6 patients were followed up with ICDUS. All the lesions had disappeared at the end of a 6-month period. We conclude that ICDUS is an easy and noninvasive imaging technique in the diagnosis of postbiopsy native renal AVFs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ozbek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Memiş
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Killi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karaca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kabasakal
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional