[Uretero-arterial fistula. A rare cause of massive hematuria]
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Technical Aspects of the Mouse Aortocaval Fistula
Published on: July 11, 2013
P Vinée1, K H Hauenstein, G Nöldge
1Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik, Radiologische Universitätsklinik, Freiburg, Allemagne.
Abstract:
Ureteroarterial fistulae is a rare condition, with less than 25 reported cases. We describe such a fistula in a young female patient, after radiation therapy for cancer of the cervix and rectovaginal and vesicovaginal fistulae requiring sigmoidostomy and an ureteroureterostomy after long-lasting ureteral intubation. Angiography demonstrated the fistula and the reflux of contrast medium up to the pyelocalyceal cavities, and allowed establishing the origin of the massive hematuria, which caused the patient's death.
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