Abstract
Persistence of gross hematuria for more than three days following renal biopsy merits renal angiography and embolization of the involved branch of renal artery. We report a patient who developed a fatal intracerebral hemorrhage resulting from severe hypertension following embolization of a branch of the left renal artery.
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