Percutaneous removal of a Gianturco coil from the pulmonary artery with use of flexible intravascular forceps.
Inadvertent migration of a stainless steel coil to the right lower lobe pulmonary artery occurred during a varicocele embolization procedure. A percutaneous technique and flexible intravascular forceps were used to retrieve and remove the coil.
Chomyn
J J
JJ
Department of Radiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
Craven
W M
WM
Groves
B M
BM
Durham
J D
JD
D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014646:Varicocele / Q000628:therapy
D013193:Stainless Steel