title: Unusual approach for the treatment of a type II endoleak.
abstract: This case presentation is about an 88 years-old male patient with previous endovascular aortic aneurysm repairment history and aortic endoleak type II (EL2). The direct lumbar artery catheterization was considered an alternative to solve EL2, associated with aortic endovascular prosthesis and due to an incomplete sealing or exclusion of the aneurysmal sac or a vascular segment demonstrated by imaging studies, when other treatment alternative failed (transarterial embolization) to control the aneurysm growing. Performing translumbar approach was decided by puncturing the artery lumbar (L4) left, previously the lumbar arteries (L4) were evaluated in the abdominal CT arterial phase to guide a puncture/access under flouroscopy control. Diagnostic angiogram clearly demonstrated the median sacral and right lumbar arteries inflow into the aneurysm sac. Transcatheter embolization with fibered platinum microcoils was performed of the median sacral artery and lumbar left and right arteries (L4), showing satisfactory endoleak devascularization.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Radiología, Sección de Radiología Intervencionista, Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo, Toledo, España. Electronic address: juanciampi@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ciampi Dopazo
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Radiology, Interventional Radiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gastaldo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Radiología, Sección de Radiología Intervencionista, Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo, Toledo, España.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lanciego Pérez
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D057867:Endoleak / Q000145:classification* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
keywords: Aneurisma aórtico; Aortic aneurysm; Embolización translumbar; Endofuga; Endoleak; Translumbar embolization