Image-directed and color Doppler ultrasonography in the diagnosis of postbiopsy arteriovenous fistulas of native kidneys

J Clin Ultrasound. 1995 May;23(4):239-42. doi: 10.1002/jcu.1870230406.

Abstract

Using image-directed and color Doppler ultrasonography (ICDUS), we examined 65 patients with single kidney biopsy and diagnosed one arteriovenous fistula (AVF) in each of 8 kidneys. Three of them were associated with pseudoaneurysms. Three of the patients with AVF who presented with macrohematuria underwent angiography. Therapeutic percutaneous embolization was performed in 2 of them. The remaining 6 patients were followed up with ICDUS. All the lesions had disappeared at the end of a 6-month period. We conclude that ICDUS is an easy and noninvasive imaging technique in the diagnosis of postbiopsy native renal AVFs.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Arteriovenous Fistula / etiology
  • Biopsy / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Kidney / pathology*
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Renal Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Renal Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional