title: Post-traumatic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm treated with endovascular embolization and thrombin injection.
abstract: Post-traumatic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm is uncommon, appearing in approximately 1% of hepatic trauma cases. Most are extrahepatic (80%) and have a late onset. Although they are usually asymptomatic, they should always be treated becasue of the high risk of complications, especially breakage. Currently the treatment of choice is endovascular embolization with coils or the exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm using other intravascular devices. Recently there have been accounts of a treatment that combines embolization with coils and image-guided percutaneous human thrombin injection. We present a case of post-traumatic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm that was successfully treated using this combined technique.
authors.affiliation: Lloret Estañ Francisco, Capel Alemán Antonio, Reus Pinado Manuel, Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, University General Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca. Ctra Murcia-Cartagena, 30120 El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Lloret Estañ
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Francisco
authors.forename: López Conesa
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Asunción
authors.forename: Capel Alemán
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Antonio
authors.forename: Robles Campos
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ricardo
authors.forename: Reus Pintado
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Manuel
authors.forename: Marín Hernández
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Caridad