Urethro-venous intravasation during retrograde urethrography (report of 5 cases).
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Gupta S; Kaur B; Shulka R
- Source
- Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol 37, Iss 2, Pp 102-4, 104A (1991)
- Subject
- Adult
Case Report
Contrast Media
adverse effects
Hemangioma
radiography
Human
Male
Penile Neoplasms
Urethra
Urethral Stricture
Vesico-Ureteral Reflux
etiology
Medicine
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0022-3859
0972-2823
Five instances of urethro-venous intravasation during retrograde urethrography are reported. Four cases were of urethral strictures and one case was of urethral hemangioma. All patients had post procedural bleeding while one patient got allergic reactions, another showed chills and rigors. Anatomy of the drainage veins is described. Factors responsible for this complication and its clinical implications are discussed. It is suggested that urethro-venous intravasation should be considered a diagnostic sign of urethral inflammation.