Figure 6.

a) A 76 year old lady on warfarin presented with abdominal and back pain following a fall. Contrast enhanced axial CT demonstrates retroperitoneal haematoma associated with a ruptured right kidney and evidence of active contrast extravasaion (arrow). b) Selective catheterisation of the right kidney showed a bleeding focus in the upper pole. c) The branch to the upper pole was selectively catheterised and embolised using a single platinum coil (arrow). Post procedure renal arteriogram demonstrated cessation of haemorrhage.

Wallis et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010 5:18   doi:10.1186/1749-7922-5-18
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