title: Transcatheter arterial embolization of anomalous systemic arterial supply to the basal segment of the lung.
abstract: We describe the case of a 67-year-old woman with an anomalous systemic arterial supply to the basal segment of the lung, which was managed successfully by transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) with microcoils. Her chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed diffuse ground-glass opacity in the left lower lobe, no bronchial abnormalities, and blood supply from an anomalous artery originating from the descending thoracic aorta, with drainage to the normal pulmonary vein. We successfully performed TAE under balloon occlusion of the anomalous artery, without complications. TAE is a minimally invasive, safe, and valuable method, and could be used as first-line treatment in such cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, IVR Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumie
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, IVR Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ebina General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ebina General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watari
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ebina General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Eliko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ebina General Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Natsuka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muraishi
authors.affiliation: Nippon Medical School Graduate School Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Infection Diseases and Oncology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Etsuko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, IVR Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shin-Ichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumita
keywords: Lung; congenital; embolization; interventional; thorax