Post-traumatic hepatic artery pseudo-aneurysm combined with subphrenic liver abscess treated with embolization

World J Gastroenterol. 2006 May 7;12(17):2798-9. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i17.2798.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / pathology
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Angiography
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Hepatic Artery / injuries*
  • Humans
  • Liver / microbiology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Abscess / etiology
  • Liver Abscess / pathology
  • Liver Abscess / therapy*
  • Male
  • Spleen / blood supply
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Subphrenic Abscess / etiology
  • Subphrenic Abscess / pathology
  • Subphrenic Abscess / therapy*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*