DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2020.v08i12.011

Pages: 1029-1031

Arterio-venous fistula (AVF) is the best vascular access for hemodialysis in a patient with chronic kidney disease. Its complications during use for dialysis are well known but less has been reported about the complications of AVF that are left in situ (unused) after a successful renal transplantation. There are no specific recommendations regarding closure of AVF post renal transplantation. We are presenting a huge cephalic vein aneurysm in an unused radio-cephalic fistula along with atrophy of forearm muscles in an adult renal recipient about 15 years after the creation of AVF. He was evaluated and underwent excision with uneventful recovery.