Traumatic lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm: the role of CT angiography in diagnosis and treatment

Diagn Interv Radiol. 2010 Jun;16(2):162-4. doi: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1925-08.2. Epub 2009 Oct 19.

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysm of lumbar artery is a rare and late complication of penetrating trauma. We report the Doppler ultrasonography and multidetector computed tomography angiography findings and endovascular embolization treatment of a pseudoaneurysm of lumbar artery in a 14-year-old girl following a gunshot wound.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy
  • Angiography / adverse effects*
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction / methods
  • Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Abdominal / injuries*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lumbosacral Region / blood supply*
  • Lumbosacral Region / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Wounds, Gunshot / complications*