Hematuria due to congenital arteriovenous fistula treated with embolization.
OBJECTIVE
To report a rare case that supposed an emergency. It is a case of hematuria caused by an arteriovenous fistula.


METHODS
We describe the background, clinical exploration, complementary exams and their results, as well as the treatment applied in an adolescent with hematuria.


RESULTS
Congenital arteriovenous fistula was diagnosed and treated by percutaneous embolization, with immediate stop of the hematuria.


CONCLUSIONS
Non-traumatic renal arteriovenous fistulae are infrequent and even more if they appear with gross hematuria. We present the case of an emergency caused by one of them which was treated by percutaneous embolization, avoiding surgery.
Urology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. crismomed@gmail.com
Cristóbal Moreno
CM
Alarcón
Pedro López
PL
Cubillana
Antonio Capel
AC
Alemán
Enrique Cao
EC
Avellaneda
D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D003018:Clot Retraction; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012079:Renal Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014567:Urography