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Haemorrhagic cystitis is an uncommon and, in its severe form, potentially life-threatening complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation or cancer therapy in children. The severe form involves macroscopic haematuria with blood clots, urinary obstruction and/or renal impairment. There are many therapeutic options to treat acute haemorrhage, but only recombinant factor VII has a high level of clinical evidence in children. Supraselective vesical artery embolization (SVAE) is an increasingly used therapeutic procedure for controlling haemorrhage in adults, but is less commonly used in children. This might be due to several factors, such as the invasive nature of the procedure, lack of appropriate medical experience and possible long-term side effects. We present three cases of children successfully treated by means of effective SVAE.
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García-Gámez, A., Bermúdez Bencerrey, P., Brio-Sanagustin, S. et al. Vesical Artery Embolization in Haemorrhagic Cystitis in Children. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 39, 1066–1069 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-016-1300-y
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