Percutaneous removal of a Gianturco coil from the pulmonary artery with use of flexible intravascular forceps

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 1991 Feb;2(1):105-6. doi: 10.1016/s1051-0443(91)72481-0.

Abstract

Inadvertent migration of a stainless steel coil to the right lower lobe pulmonary artery occurred during a varicocele embolization procedure. A percutaneous technique and flexible intravascular forceps were used to retrieve and remove the coil.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / adverse effects*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / instrumentation
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy*
  • Foreign-Body Migration
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Stainless Steel
  • Surgical Instruments*
  • Varicocele / therapy

Substances

  • Stainless Steel