Embolization of a subclavian artery aneurysm with steel coils and thrombin.
Subclavian artery aneurysms are rare lesions usually treated by surgical excision or ligation. Steel coils were used successfully to treat a rapidly enlarging subclavian aneurysm in a patient deemed unsuitable for surgery. Because of a profound, uncorrectable coagulopathy, thrombin was required to obtain effective thrombosis.
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013232:Steel; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013917:Thrombin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013232:Steel; D013917:Thrombin