Fatal intracerebral hemorrhage associated with severe hypertension following renal artery embolization.
Persistence of gross hematuria for more than three days following renal biopsy merits renal angiography and embolization of the involved branch of renal artery. We report a patient who developed a fatal intracerebral hemorrhage resulting from severe hypertension following embolization of a branch of the left renal artery.
Varma
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Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Malik
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Khullar
D
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Ahmed
S
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Sakhuja
V
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Chugh
K S
KS
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery