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A case of iliac-artery-ureteral fistula managed with a combined endoscopic approach
- Source :
- Nature clinical practice. Urology. 5(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The iliac-artery–ureteral fistula is a rare, but potentially lethal entity. In this Case Study by Gallo et al. the case of a 66-year-old man who presented with hematuria is used to illustrate the successful diagnosis and management of this condition using only endoscopic techniques. Background A 66-year-old man presented to hospital with gross hematuria and clots. He had previously undergone surgical repair of a right iliac artery aneurysm with placement of a vascular prosthesis at the same hospital, which had resulted in iliac urethral stricture that required the placement of a right ureteral stent. He had attended repeatedly for recurrent ureteral stent replacement, with the most recent replacement having occurred 1 month before the current presentation. Investigations Ultrasonography, cystography, retrograde pyelography and provocative arteriography via a percutaneous right femoral arterial approach. Diagnosis An iliac-artery–ureteral fistula between the right ureter and a pseudoaneurysm of the right common iliac artery. Management The patient underwent placement of a covered, self-expandable vascular stent with angioplasty balloon, which resulted in complete exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm and fistula and resolution of the patient's hematuria. A pigtail catheter was placed in the right ureter for 5 days and replaced with a double-J ureteral stent on day 6 after exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm; the patient was discharged from hospital on the same day. Color-Doppler ultrasonography of the right iliac vessels performed 2 months later showed patency of the right iliac artery. The patient's ureteral stent has been replaced every 2 months since his discharge without recurrence of hematuria.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Percutaneous
Urethral stricture
Urinary Fistula
Urology
Fistula
medicine.medical_treatment
Right Common Iliac Artery
urologic and male genital diseases
Iliac Artery
Pseudoaneurysm
Aneurysm
Angioplasty
medicine
Humans
Aged
Hematuria
Vascular Fistula
urogenital system
business.industry
Stent
General Medicine
medicine.disease
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Surgery
Stents
Ureter
business
Aneurysm, False
Angioplasty, Balloon
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17434289
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature clinical practice. Urology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f61cadb47bb687e403378c96f5f8ceda