ArticleCureus2024
A Successful Endovascular Treatment of Massive Hematuria Caused by Aorto-Ureteric Fistula: A Report of a Rare Case.
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Abstract
Fistula formation between the urinary tract and the arterial system is very rare, and usually involves the ureter and the adjacent iliac vessels. Communication of the ureter with the aorta has been described a few times worldwide, and most of them had a fatal outcome. In our case, a 79-year-old man had a history of total cystectomy for malignancy and diversion of both ureters to a single site in the right hypogastrium with the left one crossing over the aorta. He was admitted elsewhere several times for intermittent hematuria, and four months ago the diagnosis of communication of the left ureter with a mycotic aortic pseudoaneurysm was made. He was then referred to an interventional radiologist who sealed the communication. He was admitted to our hospital four months later in a state of hypovolemic shock and massive hematuria. In lack of information, it seemed to us that he had been treated with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for uretero-aortic communication, and was experiencing a regression because of endoleak formation. We attempted to treat him as type I endoleak with a proximal extension, and upon failure, with distal extensions, but finally we had to 'build' the entire previous graft from the inside to achieve hemodynamic stability. Our patient remained stable, without endoleak on the post-intervention computed tomography angiography (CTA). Post-operatively, we discovered that the initial operation was the formation of a bifurcated graft with multiple bare stents and coil embolization through them. This was done in an attempt to avoid material infection by the mycotic aneurysm. This is an example of a case where 'things got rough' in a lack of information on patients' medical records. Maybe the time has come to adopt the concept of implanting microchips into humans which would enable doctors to access their medical records. This will only serve as a tool for the benefit of the suffering patients, especially when we are dealing with life-threatening situations with no time to be lost.
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