title: [Renal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) following nephrectomy : a case of arterial embolization treatment].
abstract: The patient was a 78-year-old female. At the age of 76, the patient had undergone computed tomographic scanning for left lower abdominal pain. A retroperitoneal mass was detected on the right side of the abdomen. The patient had been subject to right nephrectomy due to renal calculus at the age of 33. With Doppler echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), based on the nephrectomy the patient was diagnosed with a renal arteriovenous fistula developed in the right renal bed. Following the wishes of the patient a follow-up examination was conducted. Because of poor heart condition and renal dysfunction, percutaneous arterial embolization was performed. After the embolization, the heart condition and renal dysfunction indicators improved and the blood flow in the arteriovenous fistula disappeared. Cases of renal arteriovenous fistulae after nephrectomy are rare, with only 90 reported worldwide, and percutaneous arterial embolization has been used as the first choice of treatment in recent years.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Saiseikai Yokohamashi-Nanbu Hospital.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Saiseikai Yokohamashi-Nanbu Hospital.
authors.forename: Toshifumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Saiseikai Yokohamashi-Nanbu Hospital.
authors.forename: Kotaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: The Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Yokohamashi-Nanbu Hospital.
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.affiliation: The Department of Radiology, Saiseikai Yokohamashi-Nanbu Hospital.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andoh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D009392:Nephrectomy; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed