title: Coil migration after transarterial coil embolization of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: A 48-year-old man with a history of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm requiring transarterial embolization 3 months earlier presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and fever. Computed tomography showed evidence of embolization coil fragments within the gastrointestinal tract. Upper endoscopy showed a large gastric ulcer with numerous embolization coils extruding into the gastric lumen. The patient underwent partial gastrectomy, distal pancreatectomy and resection of the splenic artery pseudoaneurysm. This case illustrates a rare delayed complication of transarterial embolization of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., USA.
authors.forename: Bezawit D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Tekola
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Arner
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., USA.
authors.forename: Brian W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Behm
keywords: Foreign bodies, diagnosis; Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm; Therapeutic embolization, adverse effects