[Uretero-external iliac artery fistula: a case report].
We report a case of uretero-external iliac artery fistula. A 60-year-old female was referred to our hospital complaining of intermittent gross macrohematuria. She had undergone radical hysterectomy, radiation therapy and chemotherapy for advanced cervical cancer 2 years ago. The patient had a 7 Fr ureteral double-J stent for left hydronephrosis. Retrograde urography showed a filling defect (8 mm in diameter) of the left ureter. A contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan showed left hydronephrosis and hydroureter but no evidence of fistula formation or extravasation. A pelvic arteriography revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the left external iliac artery at the crosspoint between the left ureter and the iliac artery. Surgical repair of the left uretero-external arterial fistula was successfully performed as well as left nephroureterectomy. The possibility of fistula formation between ureter and artery should be kept in mind in patients with long-term indwelling ureteral stents and history of radiation therapy.
Kawabata
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G
Division of Urology, Shinko Hospital.
Yamanaka
N
N
Shimogaki
H
H
Umezu
K
K
Wakita
N
N
D001159:Arterio-Arterial Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014513:Ureter / Q000098:blood supply*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery