title: Hematuria following kidney tumorectomy: can it hide an arteriovenous fistula?
abstract: We present the case and radiologic images of a 64-year-old man who presented with gross hematuria and fever 2 months after undergoing retroperitoneal partial nephrectomy for a 4.7 × 4.6 cm papillary renal cell carcinoma. Angio-TC demonstrated an aneurysmatic dilatation of the anterior inferior segmental artery of the right kidney with an arteriovenous fistula; the patient was treated with angiography and selective cannulation by deploying 4 platinum coils. At follow-up, we used contrast-enhanced ultrasound to monitor coil embolization of the renal artery pseudoaneurysm.
authors.affiliation: University of Trieste, Urology Department, Cattinara Hospital, Trieste - Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pavan
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vedovo
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bertolotto
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Trombetta
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012077:Renal Artery