Endovascular Treatment of a Ruptured Internal Mammary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting as Massive Hemothorax in a Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis.
10.3348/jkrs.2005.52.3.187
- Author:
Dae Wook YEH
1
;
Soo Jin KIM
;
Chang Won KIM
;
Suk KIM
;
Tae Hong LEE
;
Tae Yong MOON
;
Sung Woon CHUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Hospital, Korea. radkim@hanafos.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Arteries, internal mammary;
Arteries, therapeutic embolization;
Neurofibromatosis
- MeSH:
Aneurysm, False*;
Embolization, Therapeutic;
Female;
Hemothorax*;
Humans;
Mammary Arteries*;
Middle Aged;
Neurofibromatoses*;
Rupture
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2005;52(3):187-190
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of an acute hemothorax caused by a rupture of a left internal mammary artery pseudoaneurysm in a 45-year-old woman with a type I neurofibromatosis, which was successfully treated using endovascular coil embolization.
