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Treatment of Spontaneous Lumbar Artery Pseudoaneurysm by Computed Tomography—Guided Thrombin Injection

Division of General Surgery, Geisiner Medical Center, devesharma{at}hotmail.com

James R. Elmore, MD

Department of Vascular Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center

Luis L. Nadal, MD

Department of Interventional Radiology Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania

David G. Sheldon, MD

Division of General Surgery, Geisiner Medical Center

David P. Franklin, MD

Department of Vascular Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center

A case of spontaneous pseudoaneurysm of a lumbar artery that was treated with computed tomography— guided thrombin injection is reported in this study. To the authors' knowledge, pseudoaneurysm of lumbar artery without any predisposing factors has been reported only twice in the literature previously. The aims of this case report are to discuss the differential diagnosis and management of this difficult problem.

Key Words: spontaneous • pseudoaneurysm • lumbar artery • thrombin

This version was published on June 1, 2008

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 42, No. 3, 284-288 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408314436


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