[Post-traumatic renal arteriovenous fistula discovered after 28 years]

Prog Urol. 2005 Apr;15(2):306-8.
[Article in French]

Abstract

There is only one published case of arteriovenous fistula discovered 20 years after firearm trauma. The authors report the case of a 47-year-old man injured by firearm 28 years ago presenting with a highflow aneurysm of the right renal artery secondary to arteriovenous fistula and associated with lower pole renal tumour and describe the radiological work-up and surgical management.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Renal Artery*
  • Renal Veins*
  • Time Factors
  • Wounds, Gunshot / complications*