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Haemodialysis catheter‐related right transverse cervical artery pseudoaneurysm and treatment by coil embolization
Author(s) -
SIU YUI PONG,
TONG MATTHEW KH,
POON WAI LUN,
TSUI WAI CHUEN,
KWAN TZE HOI
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1440-1797
pISSN - 1320-5358
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00368.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , catheter , embolization , radiology , surgery , aneurysm
SUMMARY: In patients with end‐stage renal disease, temporary placement of venous catheters for haemodialysis (HD) is often necessary, and the right internal jugular (RIJ) vein is the usual preferred site of HD catheter placement. We report here a patient who experienced complications because of the development of a pseudoaneurysm of the transverse cervical artery following an apparently uneventful RIJ vein cannulation for temporary HD, using the blind landmark‐guided technique. This is a rare complication of RIJ vein cannulation and HD catheter placement. The pseudoaneurysm presented 3 weeks after the procedure and was diagnosed by using colour‐Doppler ultrasound, followed by an angiogram, and it was successfully occluded using endovascular coil embolization.