Life-threatening complication after right renal extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: large hepatic haematoma requiring embolisation of the right hepatic artery

Josef Beatrice; Raeto T Strebel; Thomas Pfammatter; Jaime H Röhweder; Tullio Sulser

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2007.02.011

Life-threatening complication after right renal extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: large hepatic haematoma requiring embolisation of the right hepatic artery

Eur Urol. 2007 Sep;52(3):909-11. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.02.011. Epub 2007 Feb 16.

Authors

Josef Beatrice¹, Raeto T Strebel, Thomas Pfammatter, Jaime H Röhweder, Tullio Sulser

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. josef.beatrice@usz.ch

PMID: 17321036
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.02.011

Abstract

We present the case of a young female patient who developed a large subcapsular hepatic haematoma following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) administered to a stone in the right kidney. Severe haemorrhagic shock required a partial coiling embolisation of the right hepatic artery.

European Association of Urology

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiography
Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
Hematoma / etiology*
Hematoma / surgery
Hepatic Artery*
Humans
Lithotripsy / adverse effects*
Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Liver Diseases / etiology*
Liver Diseases / therapy
Nephrolithiasis / therapy*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed