Treatment of massive hemorrhage after renal biopsy with percutaneous arterial obliteration

Nephron. 1988;50(4):376-7. doi: 10.1159/000185207.

Abstract

Severe perirenal hemorrhage is a major, although rare, postbiopsy complication. We report a case of a 48-year-old man with a postbiopsy massive bleeding from a ramification of the renal artery supplying the lower pole of the left kidney. Treatment consisted of complete obliteration of the bleeding vessel by helding a percutaneous catether in wedge position during a renal arteriographyc study. Our case shows that percutaneous arterial obliteration is a successful procedure in treating postbiopsy renal hemorrhage, representing an effective alternative to surgical therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle / adverse effects*
  • Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Hemorrhage / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Kidney / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Proteinuria
  • Renal Artery / surgery*