CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2017; 27(04): 521-523
DOI: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_358_16
Letter to the Editor

Transcatheter embolization of a cystic artery pseudoaneurysm in a cirrhotic patient with perforated acute cholecystitis

Shekher Maddineni
Department of Radiology, New York Medical College, New York, USA
,
Marc Michael D Lim
Department of Radiology, New York Medical College, New York, USA
,
Sam McCabe
Department of Radiology, New York Medical College, New York, USA
,
Grigory Rozenblit
Department of Radiology, New York Medical College, New York, USA
› Author Affiliations
Financial support and sponsorship Nil.


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Article published online:
27 July 2021

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