title: Super-selective transcatheter arterial embolization of a traumatic splenic arteriovenous fistula.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kakizawa
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toyota
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Katsuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: 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