D. Kelekis et al., A BLEEDING RENAL-ARTERY PSEUDO-ANEURYSM COMPLICATING RENAL BIOPSY - TREATMENT WITH TRANSCATHETER EMBOLIZATION, International angiology, 13(2), 1994, pp. 170-172
We report the treatment of a bleeding renal artery pseudoaneurysm by t
ranscatheter embolization. The patient, a 30 years old woman, develope
d macroscopic hematuria following renal biopsy. The presence of a leak
ing pseudo. aneurysm of the lower pole segmental artery was confirmed
by left selective renal angiogram; subsequently successful transcathet
er embolization was performed using a 5.0 french Cobra catheter and 3
mm steel coils.