Traumatic inferior gluteal artery aneurysm managed with emergency transcatheter thrombin injection

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2010 Jun;33(3):607-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-009-9588-5. Epub 2009 May 16.

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysms of the inferior gluteal artery (IGA) are rare and are often caused by trauma. Treatment options vary and include surgery, ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection, and endovascular procedures such as stent-graft placement, coil embolization, and glue injection. We report a 70-year-old male who presented to the hospital after a road accident with a posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm that was treated by endovascular thrombin embolization. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of inferior gluteal artery false aneurysm treated by this method.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / drug therapy*
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Buttocks / blood supply*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Hemostatics / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Injections
  • Male
  • Thrombin / administration & dosage*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler

Substances

  • Hemostatics
  • Thrombin