title: Life-threatening urethral bleeding induced by a pseudoaneurysm of the obturator artery.
abstract: We report the case of a 56-year-old man who in a motor vehicle collision developed a pelvic fracture and complete urethra rupture. Sudden onset of intermittent severe urethral bleeding occurred and it led to life-threatening blood pressure drop and dyspnea. An angiography of internal iliac artery showed a pseudoaneurysm involving the right obturator artery. Super-selective embolization of the feeding vessel was performed with cessation of the blood flow immediately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Tsung-Yi
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chun-Nung
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yung-Chin
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014521:Urethra / Q000293:injuries*; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy