Transcatheter thrombosis of a leaking saccular aneurysm of the main renal artery with preservation of renal blood flow.
Percutaneous techniques have been used in the treatment of aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms in a variety of anatomic locations, including the kidney. An elderly patient with a leaking saccular aneurysm of the main left renal artery was considered a poor operative risk. We were able to embolize and thrombose the aneurysm selectively by using a combination of coil springs, guidewire, thrombin, and bucrylate without occluding the renal artery.
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Department of Radiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham School of Medicine 35233.
Keller
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Gross
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D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012079:Renal Circulation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed