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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2024; 08(01): 049-052
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1772493
Case Report

CT-Guided Percutaneous Thrombin Injection of Posttraumatic Aortic Branch Pseudoaneurysm

Aron Michael Devane
1   Department of Radiology, Prisma Health Upstate, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
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Christine Marie Gilligan Schammel 
2   Pathology Associates, Greenville, South Carolina, United States
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Abstract

A pseudoaneurysm of an aortic branch artery is a potentially life-threatening uncommon occurrence, which may result in retroperitoneal hemorrhage. Imaging-guided percutaneous thrombin injection has a high technical success and effectiveness rate for treating pseudoaneurysms of the femoral, iliac, and popliteal arteries. We present a case of a retroperitoneal hemorrhage in a patient with a periaortic branch pseudoaneurysm, potentially from an avulsed lumbar artery. Anatomy prevented fixation with a covered stent; the comorbidities eliminated safe surgical repair, and endovascular embolization was not an option due to the avulsion. Computed tomography (CT) fluoroscopy-guided thrombin injection provided a safe, successful embolization with no postprocedural complications.

Keywords

aortic branch pseudoaneurysm - lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm - CT-guided thrombin injection

Compliance with Ethical Standards

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.


This study has obtained IRB approval from (Prisma Health), and the need for informed consent was waived.


Dr. Devane is a paid speaker for Johnson and Johnson and TriSalus Life Sciences and is a consultant with Boston Scientific and Guerbet.




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Article published online:
03 September 2023

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