Percutaneous thrombin injection treatment of a gluteal pseudoaneurysm following radiofrequency ablation of a hip osteoid osteoma in a 6-year-old boy

Skeletal Radiol. 2014 Dec;43(12):1749-53. doi: 10.1007/s00256-014-1952-0.

Abstract

Osteoid osteomas are benign bone lesions that present with bone pain in children and young adults. Over the last 2 decades, radiofrequency ablation has become the mainstay of treatment and is now preferred over surgical resection. Major complications of the procedure are very rare, consisting mostly of local skin burns. We present a case of a child presenting with a gluteal pseudoaneursym following CT-guided radiofrequency ablation of an acetabular osteoid osteoma, which was then treated successfully with percutaneous thrombin injection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Cutaneous
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / drug therapy*
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Buttocks / diagnostic imaging
  • Catheter Ablation / adverse effects*
  • Catheter Ablation / methods
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hemostatics / administration & dosage
  • Hemostatics / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Osteoma, Osteoid / surgery*
  • Thrombin / administration & dosage
  • Thrombin / therapeutic use*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler / methods
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods

Substances

  • Hemostatics
  • Thrombin