Case report: intrarenal arteriovenous fistula after ureteroscopic stone extraction with holmium laser lithotripsy

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Scott I Tiplitsky1, Paul M Milhoua, Manoj B Patel

  • 1Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467, USA. stiplits@montefiore.org

Journal of Endourology
|May 26, 2007
PubMed

A 79-year-old woman presented with gross hematuria 10 days after flexible ureteroscopic stone extraction with holmium laser lithotripsy. Work-up revealed a bleeding intrarenal arteriovenous fistula that was embolized. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this complication causing delayed hematuria after ureterorenoscopy.

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