Cerebral infarct after bronchial artery embolization

Feng Gao; Yali Xu; Shu Fang

doi:10.1259/bjrcr.20180087

Cerebral infarct after bronchial artery embolization

BJR Case Rep. 2019 Mar 14;5(3):20180087. doi: 10.1259/bjrcr.20180087. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Authors

Feng Gao¹, Yali Xu², Shu Fang³

Affiliations

¹ The Radiology department, tongji university affiliated shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, shanghai, china.
² The Radiology department, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, shanghai, china.
³ The DSA department, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Renji South Hospital, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

Bronchial artery embolization is an effective and widely used procedure for controlling hemoptysis. Cerebral infarct after bronchial artery embolization is a rare and severe complication. We report two cases of cerebral infarct complicating bronchial artery embolization, most likely due to errant embolic passage through anastomoses with the ipsilateral subclavian artery.