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World J Gastroenterol. May 7, 2006; 12(17): 2798-2799
Published online May 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i17.2798
Published online May 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i17.2798
Post-traumatic hepatic artery pseudo-aneurysm combined with subphrenic liver abscess treated with embolization
Long Sun, Hua Wu, Wei-Min Pan, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, the First Hospital of Xiamen, Fujian Medical University, Xiamen 316003, Fujian Province, China.
Yong-Song Guan, Xiao Li, Qing He, Yuan Liu, Department of Interventional Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
Correspondence to: Long Sun, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, the First Hospital of Xiamen, Fujian Medical University, Xiamen 316003, Fujian Province, China. long.d.sun@163.com
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Received: November 25, 2005
Revised: January 7, 2006
Accepted: January 14, 2006
Published online: May 7, 2006
Revised: January 7, 2006
Accepted: January 14, 2006
Published online: May 7, 2006
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Pseudo-aneurysm; Hepatic trauma; Liver abscess