Congenital Renal Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy

Jun Shik Shin; Han Ki Yun; Yong Il Park

doi:10.4111/kju.2008.49.2.182

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Shin, Yun, and Park: Congenital Renal Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy

Original Article

Korean J Urol 2008;49(2):182-185.

Published online: 17 January 2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4111/kju.2008.49.2.182

Congenital Renal Arteriovenous Malformation in Pregnancy

Jun Shik Shin, Han Ki Yun, Yong Il Park

¹Department of Urology, Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea

교신저자: 박용일 대구파티마병원 비뇨기과 대구시 동구 신암동 302-1 701-600, TEL: 053-940-7152, FAX: 053-954-7417, E-mail: uropone@yahoo.co.kr

Revised 12 October 2007 Accepted 28 November 2007

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Congenital arteriovenous malformation of the kidney is a rare condition and there have been few reported cases that were detected during pregnancy because of a fistula. Of the 7 such cases in the literature, either a nephrectomy or partial nephrectomy was done during pregnancy, or an abortion was induced. We report here on a case of arteriovenous malformation that was treated successfully by therapeutic embolization. The patient's convalescence was unremarkable and a healthy newborn was delivered without any complications.

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Keywords: Arteriovenous malformations, Therapeutic embolization, Pregnancy

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Fig. 1.

Right renal color Doppler study shows arterialization of the renal vein (white arrow). A waveform from the main renal vein demonstrates pulsatile flow, which is diagnostic of an arteriovenous fistula.

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Fig. 2.

The upper pole of the kidney with a tortuous, serpiginous appearance of a cirsoid arteriovenous malformation, as seen on selective renal arteriography.

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Fig. 3.

The post-embolization film shows disappearance of the arteriovenous malformation.

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