Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous embolization of a pelvic arteriovenous malformation

K Mitsuzaki; Y Yamashita; D Utsunomiya; S Sumi; I Ogata; M Takahashi; S Kawakami; S Ueda

doi:10.1007/s002709900443

Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous embolization of a pelvic arteriovenous malformation

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1999 Nov-Dec;22(6):518-20. doi: 10.1007/s002709900443.

Authors

K Mitsuzaki¹, Y Yamashita, D Utsunomiya, S Sumi, I Ogata, M Takahashi, S Kawakami, S Ueda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860, Japan.

PMID: 10556414
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900443

Abstract

We successfully performed embolization therapy for a pelvic arteriovenous malformation by the retrograde transvenous approach using a liquid embolic material. This malformation was unique in that it had a single draining vein, which allowed this technique employing an occlusion balloon.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy*
Catheterization
Embolization, Therapeutic* / methods
Female
Humans
Iopamidol
Middle Aged
Oleic Acids / therapeutic use
Pelvis / blood supply
Sclerosing Solutions / therapeutic use
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Oleic Acids
Sclerosing Solutions
Iopamidol
ethanolamine oleate