title: Successful embolization of the peripheral branches of the superior mesenteric artery performed because of tuberculosis-associated acute bleeding in a patient after a renal transplant.
abstract: We report a renal transplant recipient infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis who presented with severe intestinal bleeding. The bleeding was the result of an injured vessel of mesenteric artery distal branches diagnosed by traditional arteriography and computed tomography angiography. As the patient's condition was serious, the only considered rescue therapy was endovascular treatment. The endovascular procedure was successful because the bleeding stopped. Embolization of a small intestinal artery may be a successful rescue treatment of intestinal bleeding in a patient after renal transplant.
authors: Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, Poland.
authors: Miroslaw
authors: M
authors: Banasik
authors: Jerzy
authors: J
authors: Garcarek
authors: Agnieszka
authors: A
authors: Lepiesza
authors: Jacek
authors: J
authors: Kurcz
authors: Dorota
authors: D
authors: Kaminska
authors: Oktawia
authors: O
authors: Mazanowska
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Boratynska
authors: Dariusz
authors: D
authors: Patrzalek
authors: Marian
authors: M
authors: Klinger
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D057772:Vascular System Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents