Abstract
Bilateral renal-artery embalizatian (RAE) was performed on a 42-year-old male nephrotic patient with liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus. Open renal biopsy revealed membranous glomerulonephritis with diabetic nephropathy. RAE was performed twice. He died the day after the second RAE. Many thrombi were observed in the vessels around the adrenal gland and the renal artery on autopsy. It was suggested that infection from the open biopsy wound had caused disseminated intravascular coagulation.
