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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on April 7, 2005
Human Reproduction 2005 20(8):2250-2252; doi:10.1093/humrep/dei022
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions{at}oupjournals.org

Acute renal failure following IVF: Case report

K. Heldal1,4, P.T. Lyngdal1, T.E.B. Johansen2 and J.A. Kahn3

1 Section of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, 2 Section of Urology, Department of Surgery and 3 Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Telemark Hospital, N-3710 Skien, Norway

4 To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: kristian.heldal{at}sthf.no

IVF is one of the most comprehensively registered interventions in clinical medicine. IVF is regarded as safe with very few complications. We report a woman who developed acute renal failure due to compression of both ureters from enlarged stimulated ovaries. The condition was diagnosed using ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The condition was treated with insertion of double-J stents in both ureters and resolved without need of dialysis. Compression of the ureters due to enlarged ovaries should be considered if a patient develops acute renal failure following IVF.

Key words: acute renal failure/IVF/OHSS/ultrasound


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