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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2018; 2(02): 90-92
DOI: 10.4103/AJIR.AJIR_9_18
Case Report

Percutaneous Ureteral Embolization to Manage Fistulous Bladder Cancer

Almamoon I. Justaniah
Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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Motaz A. Khairo
Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
,
Amal Alfhmy
Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
,
Noha H. Guzaiz
Department of Medical Imaging and Intervention, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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An 85-year-old male who had an invasive urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder complicated by vesicocutaneous fistula, resulting in abscess formation. The patient was managed by percutaneous abscess drainage and ureteral embolization with permanent bilateral nephrostomy. Later, the abdominal drain was removed and the patient remained nephrostomy dependent for 5 months until he died.

Embolization - fistula - leak - nephrostomy - occlusion - plug - sandwich - ureter - urinary diversion


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Article published online:
10 April 2021

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