Percutaneous manual aspiration embolectomy of renal vein thrombosis due to acute pyelonephritis

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2007 Sep-Oct;30(5):1075-8. doi: 10.1007/s00270-007-9035-4. Epub 2007 May 29.

Abstract

We report the case of a 50-year-old man who presented to our institution with septic thrombosis of the renal vein which had not resolved despite several days of antibiotic therapy. Optimal restoration of renal vein flow was obtained by percutaneous manual aspiration embolectomy (PMAE) in this patient with contraindication to fibrinolytic therapy and surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Embolectomy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phlebography
  • Pyelonephritis / complications*
  • Pyelonephritis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pyelonephritis / drug therapy
  • Pyelonephritis / physiopathology
  • Pyelonephritis / surgery
  • Renal Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Renal Veins / physiopathology
  • Renal Veins / surgery*
  • Suction
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Patency
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology
  • Venous Thrombosis / physiopathology
  • Venous Thrombosis / surgery*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents