Prostate brachytherapy seed migration to the right renal artery due to right-to-left shunting across a patent foramen ovale.

Makoto NakiriKosuke UedaRyuji HoshinoNaoki ItoHirofumi KuroseShoichiro NoharaKoichiro MurakiChikayuki HattoriEtsuyo OgoTsukasa Igawa

Published in: IJU case reports (2024)

Arteriovenous malformations and a right-to-left shunt should be suspected if a brachytherapy seed has migrated to an artery of the systemic circulatory system.

Keyphrases

high dose
radiation therapy
prostate cancer
locally advanced
pulmonary embolism
low dose
pulmonary artery
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
benign prostatic hyperplasia
pulmonary hypertension