A patient with pancreatic arteriovenous malformation who presented diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties is presented. The initial tests appeared to suggest inflammatory bowel disease, but the diagnosis was clinched by the finding of blood issuing from the ampulla of Vater. Repeated angiographic embolization did not obliterate the vascular malformation, and the symptoms eventually resolved af...

Embolization is a minimally invasive treatment that specifically blocks the arterial blood flow into a target blood vessel bed, which is usually a benign or malignant tumor. The aim of the procedure is to shrink the tumor and/or to retard its growth. Embolization the injection of embolic particles via a catheter tube, of which the tip has been navigated carefully (under X-ray guidance) into an ...

OBJECTIVES The objective was to describe changing patterns of etiological factors and treatment modalities for massive hemoptysis. MATERIAL AND METHODS From January 2008-December 2012, the medical records of 58 massive hemoptysis patients were reviewed. RESULTS Fifty-eight patients, 44 were men (75.9%) and 14 were women (24.1%), with a mean age of 51.4 years (range= 19-84 years), were divid...

Introduction: Hemorrhage from a pancreatic pseudocyst is a rare and often fatal complication of pancreatic trauma and pancreatitis. The pancreatic enzymes can erode into adjacent vessels, resulting intracystic hemorrhage or bleeding into the peritoneal cavity, pancreatic duct, stomach, duodenum, colon, or retroperitoneum. Case Report: We present a case of a large post-traumatic pancreatic pseud...

PURPOSE To review the therapeutic results of the combination of embolization and sclerotherapy, with or without surgery, in patients with peripheral vascular malformations (PVMs). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 40 patients (24 males and 16 females) with PVMs, who were treated via percutaneous embolization (transarterial [TA] versus direct puncture [DP]) and sclerotheraphy between March 2003...

Three cases of fungal endocarditis are described, each following a homograft valve replacement for aortic stenosis. The causative organism was C. albicans. The characteristic findings included soft, easily detached vegetations consisting of fungal colonies, aneurysms, embolization of large vessels, and lack of response to current therapeutic measures. The source of the infection is obscure.

The year 2002 in therapeutic neuroradiology has been dominated by the publication of the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT), which has already generated considerable debate among those who treat cerebral aneurysms. Although less dramatic, advances have also occurred in the areas of extracranial and intracranial angioplasty/stenting, endovascular stroke therapy, and cerebral arteri...

OBJECTIVE We retrospectively assessed the results of performing ethanol embolization for pelvis arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). MATERIALS AND METHODS During the past 10 years, eight patients (8 females, age range: 27-52 years) with AVMs in the pelvic wall (n = 3) and uterus (n = 5) underwent staged ethanol embolizations (range: 1-5, mean: 2.5) under general anesthesia. Ethanol embolizatio...

what are the indications for resection. HPB. 2005; 7:298–302. 3. Vogl TJ, Own A, Hammerstingl R, Reichel P, Balzer JO. Transarterial embolization as a therapeutic option for focal nodular hyperplasia in four patients. Eur Radiol. 2006; 16:670–5. 4. Geschwind JFH, Degli MS, Morris JM, Choti MA. Treatment of focal nodular hyperplasia with selective transcatheter arterial embolization using iodize...

Bleeding into the joints is common in patients with hemophilia. After total knee or elbow replacement, profuse intraarticular bleeding unresponsive to high-dose clotting factor replacement sometimes occurs. In some patients who have severely damaged elbow or knee joints the same profuse bleeding pattern can be seen. To control bleeding in these patients, selective catheterization with a microca...