Percutaneous manual aspiration embolectomy of renal vein thrombosis due to acute pyelonephritis.
We report the case of a 50-year-old man who presented to our institution with septic thrombosis of the renal vein which had not resolved despite several days of antibiotic therapy. Optimal restoration of renal vein flow was obtained by percutaneous manual aspiration embolectomy (PMAE) in this patient with contraindication to fibrinolytic therapy and surgery.
Novelli
Luigi
L
Radiologie Cardiovasculaire, HEGP, Paris, France. luigi.novelli@egp.aphp.fr
Raynaud
Alain
A
Pellerin
Olivier
O
Carreres
Thierry
T
Sapoval
Marc
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017128:Embolectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013396:Suction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents