Successful treatment of a ruptured infected aneurysm of the lumbar artery with transcatheter embolization.
We report a patient who had an infected aneurysm of the lumbar artery caused by prolonged psoas abscess-forming spondylitis due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and who was treated successfully with transcatheter arterial embolization. This case suggests that an infected aneurysm can be treated successfully by transcatheter arterial embolization in emergent situations (active bleeding or septicemia) even if surgery is contraindicated.
Heianna
J
J
Department of Radiology, Akita Redcross Hospital, 222-1, Nawashirosawa Saruta Kamikitate, Akita City 010-1495, Japan. jana@mx51.et.tiki.ne.jp
Miyauchi
T
T
Takano
Y
Y
Hashimoto
M
M
Watarai
J
J
D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004322:Drainage; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016659:Psoas Abscess / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed