Superselective embolization of a post-biopsy renal pseudoaneurysm in a 13-month-old infant.
Renal artery pseudoaneurysms are infrequent and are most often secondary to surgical or percutaneous renal biopsies. Their rupture can cause rapid clinical deterioration by massive haemorrhage. Diagnosis and treatment must, therefore, be rapid. Currently, surgical treatment remains the gold standard in most institutions while paediatric cases of endovascular embolization have seldom been described. We report a 13-month-old infant with a post-biopsy renal pseudoaneurysm successfully treated by selective arterial embolization.
Novellas
Sébastien
S
Radiology Department, Central Regional Hospital and University of Nice, Archet Hospital 2, 151 route de Saint Antoine de Ginestière, B.P. 3079, 06202, Nice Cedex 3, France. novellas.s@chu-nice.fr
Chevallier
Patrick
P
Motamedi
Jean Pierre
JP
Kurzenne
Jean Yves
JY
Berard
Etienne
E
Bruneton
Jean Noel
JN