Iatrogenic aorto-cisterna chyli fistula during percutaneous balloon aortoplasty in a patient with Takayasu's arteritis: a case report

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2007 Mar-Apr;30(2):324-7. doi: 10.1007/s00270-006-0003-1.

Abstract

We present a case of iatrogenic aorto-cisterna chyli fistula that developed during percutaneous transluminal aortoplasty in a 16-year old girl with Takayasu's arteritis. The aorto-cisterna chyli fistula was angiographically confirmed and treated using a stent-graft, which successfully occluded the fistula. Her claudication then improved, although follow-up CT angiography at 10 months revealed mild recurrent aortic stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / adverse effects*
  • Aorta, Abdominal / abnormalities
  • Aorta, Abdominal / surgery
  • Aortic Diseases / etiology*
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / therapy
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease
  • Lymphatic Diseases / etiology
  • Lymphatic Diseases / surgery
  • Stents
  • Takayasu Arteritis / therapy*
  • Thoracic Duct / pathology*
  • Thoracic Duct / surgery
  • Vascular Fistula / etiology*
  • Vascular Fistula / surgery