Embolisation of a bleeding iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula after paracentesis

SPLENIC ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA: A RARE LESION CAUSING BLEEDING ESOPHAGEAL VARICES

We report a case of a 40 year old man with portal hypertension caused by a splenic arteriovenous fistula that was diagnosed at laparotomy. He presented with bleeding esophageal varices and was initially treated by sclerotherapy. At laparotomy, portal pressure was 40 cmH20 but fell to 20 cm H20 after the fistula was treated with splenectomy. All symptoms disappeared shortly after operation ...

Iatrogenic vertebral arteriovenous fistula.

Carotid artery angiography is performed with increasing frequency. In centres where this investigation is commonly used the complications are negligible compared with the valuable information that can be obtained. But I have seen three cases in which a carotid angiography was complicated by a vertebral arteriovenous fistula. In one of these the symptoms were severe enough to indicate surgical t...

Recanalisation of spinal dural arteriovenous fistula after successful embolisation.

Transvenous Endovascular Embolisation of Nongalenic Arteriovenous Fistula

Nongalenic arteriovenous fistula (NGAVF)also known as intracranial pial arteriovenous fistula (AVF), cerebral AVF, or brain AVF is a rare vascular malformation.There are few retrospective case series describing their epidemiological, clinical and radiographic characteristics as well as technical elements of treatment. Combined transarterial and transvenous embolization of a 4 month old female w...

Iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula in childhood

1. MD, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, PR, Brazil 2. MD, Department of Surgery, Vascular Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil. 3. MD, Hospital Regional de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil. This study was carried out as part of the Angiology and Vascular Surgery Course, School of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Maringá a...