Coil embolization of an infected superior gluteal artery pseudoaneurysm caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
We describe the successful selective coil embolization of an infected superior gluteal pseudoaneurysm secondary to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a 36-year old women. The patient presented with a long history of drug abuse and perisacral abscesses due to chronic sacroilitis. The chosen strategy provides a safe and successful management of infected false gluteal artery aneurysm.
Schindera
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Department of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland. sschindera@aol.com
Anderson
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Triller
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D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002081:Buttocks / Q000098:blood supply*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed