本田 宏¹, 巴 ひかる¹, 高橋 公太¹, 岩松 勝實², 茅野 嗣雄², 高田 真行²

Hiroshi HONDA¹, Hikaru TOMOE¹, Kota TAKAHASHI¹, Katsumi IWAMATSU², Tsuguo KAYANO², Masayuki TAKADA²

¹東京女子医科大学腎臓病総合医療センター, ²玄々堂君津病院

¹Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical College, ²Gengen-do Kimitsu Hospital

キーワード : Arteriovenous malformation, Kidney, Ultrasonography

　A 46-year-old woman experienced mild epigastral discomfort. Physical and laboratory examination revealed no special abnormal findings. But Ultrasonography of the left kidney demonstrated multiple anechoic tubular structures in central region and dilated renal vein at the renal hilum. A diagnosis of an Arteriovenous Malformation was confirmed by renal angiography.
　These ultrasonic appearance were believed characteristic of Renal Arteriovenous Malformation.