Endovascular treatment of a ruptured internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm presenting as a massive hemothorax in a patient with type I neurofibromatosis.
We report a case of acute hemothorax caused by a left internal thoracic artery pseudoaneurysm rupture in a patient with neurofibromatosis type I, which was successfully treated with endovascular coil embolization.
Kim
Soo Jin
SJ
Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Hospital, 1-10, Ami-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Chang Won
CW
Kim
Suk
S
Lee
Tae Hong
TH
Kim
Kun Il
KI
Moon
Tae Yong
TY
Chung
Sung Woon
SW
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods