Super-selective transcatheter arterial embolization of a traumatic splenic arteriovenous fistula.
We report a 61-year-old woman with arteriovenous fistula (AVF) of a splenic artery caused by traumatic injury, which was successfully occluded by percutaneous transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE). We embolized the AVF with a coaxial system using six microcoils. This case suggests that super-selective TAE for traumatic AVF of a splenic artery is an effective and primary choice of first treatment. The use of a microcatheter and microcoils is an alternative to surgery.
Kakizawa
Hideaki
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Department of Radiology, Programs for Applied Biomedicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
Toyota
Naoyuki
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Naito
Akira
A
Fukuda
Hiroshi
H
Ito
Katsuhide
K
D000058:Accidental Falls; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000293:injuries; D013162:Splenic Vein