Urethral Arterial Bleeding from an Iatrogenic Pseudoaneurysm due to Catheterization

A 41-year-old man underwent surgery for treatment of an intervertebral disk hernia and received urethral catheterization at another hospital. After insertion of the catheter, intermittent urethral bleeding occurred. He was brought to our hospital by ambulance because of massive urethral bleeding and urethral pain on the day after the operation. Laboratory tests showed a decrease of hemoglobin, and contrast computed tomography revealed intense enhancement of part of the urethra that resembled an aneurysm. Urethroscopy showed a pseudoaneurysm in the bulbar urethra and the arterial bleeding was stopped by transurethral coagulation. *Corresponding author: Hideo Yuki M.D, Department of Urology, Dokkyo Medical University, 880 Kitakobayashi Mibu, Tochigi, 321-0293, Japan, Tel: 81282-87-2162; Fax: 81-282-86-7533; E-mail: [email protected] Received December 22, 2013; Accepted December 29, 2013; Published December 31, 2013 Citation: Yuki H, Fuse M, Masuda A, Betsunoh H, Abe H, et al. (2013) Urethral Arterial Bleeding from an Iatrogenic Pseudoaneurysm due to Catheterization. Med Surg Urol 2: 122. doi:10.4172/2168-9857.1000122 Copyright: © 2013 Yuki H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.