Traumatic lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm: the role of CT angiography in diagnosis and treatment.
Pseudoaneurysm of lumbar artery is a rare and late complication of penetrating trauma. We report the Doppler ultrasonography and multidetector computed tomography angiography findings and endovascular embolization treatment of a pseudoaneurysm of lumbar artery in a 14-year-old girl following a gunshot wound.
Ceyhan
Meltem
M
Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey. drmceyhan@hotmail.com
Belet
Umit
U
Aslan
Serdar
S
Ayyildiz
Suat
S
Göl
Kamil
K
D000293:Adolescent; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000379:methods; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*