Fatal renal haemorrhage following haemodialysis in a patient with obstructive uropathy.
نویسندگان
چکیده
A 22-year-old male with obstructive uropathy and renal failure was given pre-operative haemodialysis. He collapsed five hours later. Autopsy revealed massive intrarenal haemorrhage and rupture of a dilated superior calyx intraperitoneally. Anticoagulation employed during haemodialysis was probably responsible for this spontaneous renal haemorrhage and subsequent calyceal rupture.
منابع مشابه
Diagnostic value of diuretic renography in the study of obstructive uropathy in nuclear medicine [Persian]
Introduction: Urinary obstructive disease is one of the most common disorders in urinary system. Dilatation which is detected by sonography, is a key finding in obstruction in most of the cases, also could be found following surgery, lithotripsy and vesico–urethral reflux. Radioistope diuretic washout renography is a useful method to differentiate mechanical and non...
متن کاملExtreme hyperkalaemia secondary to malignant ureteric obstruction: case report.
We report a case of a 42 year old patient who collapsed at an airport departure lounge. The patient was investigated and found to have advanced renal failure with serum potassium (K+) of 10.3 mmol/L, creatinine of 3581 pmol/L and urea of 59.9 mmol/L secondary to obstructive uropathy due to advanced bladder cancer. Although these biochemical changes were thought to be incompatible with life, he ...
متن کاملSymptomatic uraemia from bilateral obstructive uropathy secondary to metastatic urinary bladder cancer showing only unilateral hydronephrosis: a case report
Bilateral hydronephrosis is classic for supravesical obstructive uropathy causing uraemia with dual functioning kidneys. Recently, a patient presented with uraemia and metastatic urinary bladder carcinoma but only unilateral right-sided hydronephrosis. A right ureteral stent was placed retrograde and no further intervention was planned since the left kidney appeared normal, and since the left u...
متن کاملAdenovirus nephritis and obstructive uropathy in a renal transplant recipient: case report and literature review
We report an unusual case of adenoviral nephritis in a 45-year-old woman who presented with fever, gross haematuria, acute kidney injury and obstructive uropathy 17 months following renal transplantation. Adenoviral nephritis was confirmed with immunohistochemistry. We identified 10 other published cases of adenoviral nephritis proven by immunohistochemistry. Obstructive uropathy has been repor...
متن کامل[Algorithm for the treatment of patients with obstructive uropathy secondary to prostate cancer].
BACKGROUND One of the prostate cancer progression complications is the obstructive uropathy, by infiltration and compression of the distal ureteral section, that can entail to an acute renal insufficiency, with affectation of the quality of life and the survival of these patients. The treatment of prostate cancer with secondary ureterohidronefrosis is palliative and following the present tenden...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 59 687 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1983