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Hemorrhage from abdominal non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma treated successfully by emergency transcatheter arterial embolization
Author(s) -
Suzumiya Junji,
Nagano Mitsuyuki,
Higashihara Hideyuki,
Yoshida Tetsuya,
Hirano Motoi,
Go Yoshinori,
Morioka Eiji,
Kimura Nobuhiro,
Hisano Shusuke,
Okazaki Masatoshi,
Kikuchi Masahiro,
Okumura Makoto
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199607)52:3<201::aid-ajh12>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , superior mesenteric artery , arterial embolization , angiography , abdominal pain , lymphoma , embolization , surgery
A 49‐year‐old Japanese woman with follicular lymphoma who presented with severe abdominal and back pain is reported. She was known to have malignant lymphoma and had been previously treated with combination chemotherapy. An abdominal tumor occurring at the root of the mesentery and involving the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) had been diagnosed by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging, and abdominal angiography. Emergent ultrasonography and CT findings showed intraperitoneal bleeding from the abdominal tumor. Selective SMA angiography revealed extravasation from a small branch originating from the dorsal pancreatic artery, which was embolized through a catheter by using platinum coils. It should be noted that a large tumor of malignant lymphoma, involving large vessels, may bleed, and in such a case selective transcatheter arterial embolization may be one of the effective modalities for hemostasis. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.