A bleeding renal artery pseudo-aneurysm complicating renal biopsy. Treatment with transcatheter embolization.
We report the treatment of a bleeding renal artery pseudoaneurysm by transcatheter embolization. The patient, a 30 years old woman, developed macroscopic hematuria following renal biopsy. The presence of a leaking pseudoaneurysm of the lower pole segmental artery was confirmed by left selective renal angiogram; subsequently successful transcatheter embolization was performed using a 5.0 french Cobra catheter and 3 mm steel coils.
Eugenidion University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Kelekis
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Brountzos
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Kelekis
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Fezoulidis
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000293:injuries*