title: Endovascular coil embolization of a costocervical trunk pseudoaneurysm after bullectomy with pleural abrasion.
abstract: Transarterial embolization (TAE) is less invasive than surgery for the treatment of pseudoaneurysms. Costocervical trunk (CCT) pseudoaneurysms are extremely rare. We herein report an unusual case of a 45-year-old man with a CCT pseudoaneurysm caused by a bullectomy with pleural abrasion, which had been performed to manage a spontaneous pneumothorax. The patient presented with chronic chest pain and successfully underwent TAE with a metallic coil. The chest pain completely disappeared 2 weeks after the TAE, and follow-up computed tomography showed that the pseudoaneurysm had almost completely disappeared 9 months after the TAE.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xi-Wen
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jie
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001768:Blister / Q000601:surgery*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: chest pain; costocervical trunk; embolization; pseudoaneurysm