Transcatheter embolization of a ruptured superior mesenteric artery aneurysm with Gianturco coils: a case report.
Reports of superior mesenteric artery embolization without the sequela of bowel ischemia or infarction are sparse. We report embolization of the main trunk of the superior mesenteric artery for control of a ruptured aneurysm without subsequent ischemia.
Bindman
D J
DJ
Department of Radiology, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
Rogoff
P A
PA
Bartlett
F F
FF
Shortsleeve
M J
MJ
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous