title: Transluminal coil embolization of an inferior gluteal artery aneurysm by ultrasound-guided direct puncture of the target vessel.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysms of the inferior gluteal artery are rare. We describe a case of an inferior gluteal pseudoaneurysm that presented as a painful mass in the buttock. A percutaneous thrombin injection under ultrasound guidance failed to occlude the sac, probably due to the wide neck of the aneurysm. Subsequently, transluminal coil embolization by ultrasound-guided direct puncture of the inferior gluteal artery achieved complete thrombosis of the sac. Ultrasound-guided coil embolization is recommended in the treatment of peripheral aneurysms where catheter placement using conventional interventional procedures is difficult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. akihiko_kuzuya@chukyo-hosp.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuzuya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iyomasa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002081:Buttocks / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014463:Ultrasonography