Introduction: To assess the efficacy and safety of bronchial artery embolization in the treatment of massive hemoptysis.   Materials and Methods: A retrospective study on 46 patients (26 males and 20 females) who were referred to the Razavi Hospital from April 2009 to May 2012 with massive hemoptysis and had bronchial artery embolization procedures. General characteristics of the patients inc...

Vascular involvement of pancreatic pseudocyst is a rare complication that can potentially result in fatal outcome. If there vascular involvement, the splenic artery most often involved; its rupture and massive bleeding into peritoneal cavity or retroperitoneal space lead to hypovolemic shock. We report on 66-year-old-male patient, who initially presented with atypical chest pain was diagnosed p...

Muscle injuries caused by indirect trauma during exercise are common. Most of these can be managed conservatively; however, further treatment is required in extreme cases. Although transcatheter arterial embolization a possible modality, its role traumatic muscle remains unclear. In this case series, we present three cases exercise-induced hemorrhage treated with successful outcomes. The damage...

Considerable efforts have been placed on the development of degradable microspheres for use in transarterial embolization indications. Using the guidance of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) special controls document for the preclinical evaluation of vascular embolization devices, this review consolidates all relevant data pertaining to novel degradable microsphere technologies for bl...

OBJECT Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) are the most common spinal vascular malformations and can be a significant cause of myelopathy, yet remain inefficiently diagnosed lesions. Over the last several decades, the treatment of spinal DAVFs has improved tremendously due to improvements in neuroimaging, microsurgical, and endovascular techniques. The aim of this paper was to review th...

Hemangioblastoma is a benign and highly vascular tumor. Complete surgical resection of highly vascular tumor such as hemangioblastoma may be challenging due to excessive bleeding. Preoperative embolization of these lesions may decrease the intraoperative blood loss and facilitate excision. We report three cases of cerebellar hemangioblastomas that were embolized using Onyx.

PURPOSE To investigate angiogenesis in the thyroid of Graves' disease (GD) treated with thyroid arterial embolization through analysis of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and microvessel density (MVD). MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-two GD patients were treated with thyroid arterial embolization and followed up for 1-68 months after embolization. B...

BACKGROUND Endovascular therapy for vascular malformations is one of the treatment options for limb vascular malformations. CASE PRESENTATION A patient with a vascular malformation of the hip developed ipsilateral leg weakness immediately after endovascular embolization and sclerotherapy. Clinical and electrodiagnostic findings later confirmed an incomplete sciatic neuropathy. CONCLUSION We...