| A Case of Successful Transcatheter Arterial Embolization of Ruptured Celiac Artery Aneurysm |
| Takahiko Misumi |
Kumi Nishikawa |
Mikito Yasudo |
| Yasuyuki Yamada |
Hiroya Kumamaru |
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(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, Ashikaga, Japan)
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Celiac artery aneurysm is very uncommon. We report an even more rare case
in which a life threatening ruptured aneurysm was treated successfully
by an emergency interventional procedure. A 72-year-old man was transferred
to our hospital with a chief complaint of severe epigastralgia. In the
emergency room, the patient was already in shock and emergeny CT scan suggested
severe intraperitoneal bleeding. The diagnosis of ruptured celiac artery
aneurysm was confirmed by subsequent angiographic examinations and immediate
hemostasis was successfully achieved by transcatheter arterial embolization.
One year after the embolization, the patient remains asymptomatic and follow-up CT scans revealed
reduction in size and thrombotic occlusion of the aneurysm.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 29: 389-392(2000) |
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