Intracystic hemorrhage in a patient of polycystic kidney with renocolic fistula diagnosed by contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Intern Med. 2008;47(22):1977-9. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1184. Epub 2008 Nov 17.

Abstract

A 60-year-old woman with polycystic kidney presented with intracystic hemorrhage; renocolic fistula was diagnosed by contrast-enhanced. The patient was admitted due to hematuria, pyuria and pneumaturia. Abdominal B-mode ultrasonography showed that this renal cyst had thickened walls and debris-like internal echo. Truagent Detection, a power Doppler imaging mode, could depict intracystic color signals after Levovist injection by real-time scan. Enhanced spots had increased in the cyst, and were shown as minimal intracystic hemorrhage in real-time. The case of polycystic kidney with renocolic fistula is rare, however contrast-enhanced ultrasonography could successfully identify the site of minute bleeding.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colon, Descending / blood supply
  • Colon, Descending / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / complications
  • Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Fistula / complications
  • Intestinal Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases / complications
  • Polycystic Kidney Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color* / methods