title: Endovascular treatment of massive retroperitoneal haemorrhage due to inferior adrenal artery injury. A case report.
abstract: Massive retroperitoneal haemorrhage because of adrenal bleeding following blunt trauma is a rare entity. We describe a 23-year-old woman with massive retroperitoneal haemorrhage as a result of inferior adrenal artery (IAA) disruption following a car accident. Superselective transcatheter embolization of the IAA using polyvinyl alcohol particles was performed successfully to control haemorrhage. To our knowledge, this is the second report of massive retroperitoneal haemorrhage caused by IAA disruption successfully treated by transcatheter embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, KTU Farabi Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dinc
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simşek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozyavuz
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Ozgür
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gümele
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000098:blood supply*; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol