Open AccessPost-traumatic hepatic artery pseudo-aneurysm combined with subphrenic liver abscess treated with embolization
Author(s) -
Long Sun,
Yong-Song Guan,
Hua Wu,
Weimin Pan,
Li Xiao,
Qing He,
Yuan Liu
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i17.2798
Subject(s) - subphrenic abscess , medicine , aneurysm , embolization , liver abscess , radiology , surgery , abscess , artery , catheter
A 23-year-old man with post-traumatic hepatic artery pseudo-aneurysm and subphrenic liver abscess was admitted. He underwent coil embolization of hepatic artery pseudo-aneurysm. The pseudo-aneurysm was successfully obstructed and subphrenic liver abscess was controlled. Super-selective trans-catheter coil embolization may represent an effective treatment for hepatic artery pseudo-aneurysm combined with subphrenic liver abscess in the absence of other therapeutic alternatives.