Hepatogenic pulmonary angiodysplasia treated with coil-spring embolization.
Coil-spring embolization is a procedure for treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Herein is described a patient with hepatogenic pulmonary angiodysplasia ("pulmonary spiders") managed with this technique.
D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins