title: Emergency ultrasound-guided percutaneous embolization of post-traumatic bleeding hepatic artery pseudoaneurysms.
abstract: Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm (HAP) is an uncommon but serious complication of blunt trauma abdomen which can be managed by non-surgical interventional methods. We describe the case of a young boy with blunt trauma abdomen having a large hepatic laceration associated with two pseudoaneurysms of the hepatic artery branches. Both these HAPs were successfully managed by percutaneous injection of cyanoacrylate glue under sonographic guidance. A major surgery was thus averted. A brief review of the etiology, diagnosis and management of HAP including the present case is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. sameer574@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Chirag Kamal
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Ahuja
authors.forename: Thakur Deen
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Niranjan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging