Moreno Alarcón Cristobal, López Cubillana Pedro, Capel Alemán Antonio, Cao Avellaneda Enrique
Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
Arch Esp Urol. 2011 Jul;64(6):550-3.
To report a rare case of hematuria caused by an arteriovenous fistula which may be a urological emergency.
We describe the medical history, physical examination, complementary tests performed and their results, as well as the treatment applied in an adolescent with hematuria.
Congenital arteriovenous fistula was diagnosed and treated by percutaneous embolization with immediate stop of hematuria.
Non-traumatic renal arteriovenous fistulae are rare, even more if they present with gross hematuria. We present a case of a life-threatening emergency caused by one of them the treatment of which was possible by embolization, avoiding surgery.
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