[A posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the hepatic artery. Duplex sonographic diagnosis and follow-up in spontaneous thrombosis].
Guided percutaneous biopsy represents a standard procedure in establishing specific diagnosis of focal liver lesions. We report a case of left hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm diagnosed by means of Duplex Doppler sonography (DS) immediately before percutaneous biopsy should be performed. Selective hepatic artery embolization was planned, but spontaneous thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm was documented by DS and angiography, respectively. DS is able to identify the vascular nature of a lesion and is helpful to avoid puncture of an aneurysm.
Mallek
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Röntgenstation, I. Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für radiologisch-physikalische Tumordiagnostik, Wien.
Mostbeck
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Gebauer
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Korn
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Speiser
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Tscholakoff
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000792:Angiography; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*
Posttraumatisches Pseudoaneurysma der Arteria hepatica. Duplexsonographische Diagnose und Verlaufsbeobachtung bei Spontanthrombosierung.