[Uretero-iliac fistula].
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of uretero-iliac fistula, an extremely rare condition that is not easily diagnosed.


RESULTS
Herein we describe a 76-year-old female who had undergone repeated pelvic surgery for adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid. She had a right ureteral fistula that had been managed conservatively by insertion of a ureteral catheter. Diagnosis was made by selective arteriography of the iliac arteries. The patient was submitted to surgery; primary closure of the arterial fistula and nephroureterectomy were performed.


CONCLUSIONS
Uretero-iliac fistula should be suspected in patients with a history of repeated pelvic surgery and ureteral catheter placement that present with massive hematuria.
Herranz Amo
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Departamento de Urología y Sección de Radiología Intervencionista, Madrid, España.
Camúñez
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Díez Cordero
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Verdú Tartajo
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Lledo García
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Bueno Chamon
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D011859:Radiography; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery
Fístula uretero-iliaca.