EJVES Extra
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 39-41 , June 2008

Endovascular Treatment of an Iatrogenic Visceral Aortic Segment False Aneurysm Following a Translumbar Vertebral Biopsy

  • D. Moneley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 6E 214, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. D. Moneley, Department of Vascular Surgery University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 6E 214, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada. Tel.: +1 416 340 3275; fax: +1 416 340 5029.
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  • K.W. Johnston

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 6E 214, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
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  • K.T. Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 6E 214, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada
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  • G. Oreopoulos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, 6E 214, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

Received 15 April 2008 ,Accepted 6 July 2008.

  • Image Result

    Volume Rendering 3D reconstruction of visceral aorta showing 2.4×1.6×2.2cm pseudoaneurysm arising posteriorly between the origins of the superior mesenteric artery and both renals. The visceral aorta

    Volume Rendering 3D reconstruction of visceral aorta showing 2.4×1.6×2.2cm pseudoaneurysm arising posteriorly between the origins of the superior mesenteric artery and both renals. The visceral aorta is displaced anteriorly.

  • Image Result
    Conventional angiogram performed six months post embolisation showing complete thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm sack.

    Conventional angiogram performed six months post embolisation showing complete thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm sack.

PII: S1533-3167(08)00008-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2008.07.001

EJVES Extra
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 39-41 , June 2008