title: Coil embolization of an aortic arch false aneurysm.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the endovascular occlusion of an anastomotic false aneurysm of the ascending aorta.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 51-year-old patient developed an anastomotic false aneurysm at the level of the aortic arch after surgical replacement of the aortic root and arch for aortic dissection. The aneurysm expanded after 6 months and because of its saccular shape was treated by selective occlusion with detachable microcoils. Magnetic resonance angiography showed the stability of the occlusion after 2 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endovascular treatment with coils may be a good alternative to surgery for saccular anastomotic false aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France. rene.chapot@lrb.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chapot
authors.forename: Armand
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aymard
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Saint-Maurice
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bel
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Merland
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Houdart
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed