Renal artery stump to inferior vena cava fistula: unusual clinical presentation and transcatheter embolization with the Amplatzer vascular plug

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2008 Jul:31 Suppl 2:S92-5. doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9232-1. Epub 2007 Nov 30.

Abstract

Fistulous communication between the renal artery stump and inferior vena cava following nephrectomy is rare. We describe the case of a 52-year-old man with a fistula detected on investigation for hemolytic anemia in the postoperative period. The patient had had a nephrectomy performed 2 weeks prior to presentation for blunt abdominal trauma. The fistula was successfully occluded percutaneously using an Amplatzer vascular plug. The patient recovered completely and was discharged 2 weeks later.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / therapy*
  • Contrast Media
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation*
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Kidney / injuries*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy
  • Renal Artery / injuries*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography
  • Vena Cava, Inferior
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / diagnostic imaging
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / surgery

Substances

  • Contrast Media