hemangiomas are the most common benign liver masses with a frequency of 0.4-7.3% at autopsy. they are usually discovered incidentally and a few require surgery. spontaneous or traumatic ruptures are among indications of surgery for hemangiomas. we report a case of giant hepatic hemangioma presenting as hemoperitoneum following use of the slimming belt that underwent an emergent laparotomy. abdo...

Postoperative pseudoaneurysm at the gallbladder fossa is a rare complication of cholecystectomy. The typical clinical presentations of this condition are intraparenchymal or intraperitoneal hemorrhage or rupture into the gastrointestinal tract, and this may be life-threatening. For the treatment of pseudoaneurysms, percutaneous transarterial embolization is considered first-line. We present a c...

We describe a giant left orbital vascular malformation that was treated with both percutaneous and transarterial embolization. Feeder artery aneurysms thrombosed as a result of retrograde reflux of embolic material into the distal ophthalmic artery. In this presentation, we emphasize the efficacy of percutaneous embolization and retrograde thromboses of two intradural saccular ophthalmic artery...

Preoperative embolization has played a major role in the devascularization of carotid body tumours prior to surgery. There are two currently approved methods to achieve this, which is a superselective transarterial endovascular embolization and a direct percutaneous injection of embolic materials . Superselective transarterial endovascular embolization has potential limitations especially in le...

We report 2 patients with aggressive intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulae that were repaired via percutaneous, transarterial coil embolization of the venous outlets.

Reports on foreign bodies within the ureter are extremely rare in the literature. Herein, we present a case of a foreign body in a ureter, specifically a particle of glue resulting from transarterial embolization of a renal pseudoaneurysm secondary to percutaneous nephrostomy. Emergent transarterial embolization was required due to life-threatening active bleeding of the pseudoaneurysm. However...

BACKGROUND Scalp is the most common site of soft tissue arteriovenous fistulae and surgical excision has been the primary mode of treatment. Endovascular treatment has evolved as an alternative to the surgery. AIMS To evaluate the effectiveness of percutaneous direct-puncture embolization of cirsoid aneurysms. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 1995 to December 2004, 15 patients underwent p...

Purpose: Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) of the head and neck are rare anomalies, but often present with significant haemorrhage or cosmetic defects. The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of embolization of each type of vascular malformation. Methods: A retrospective review was performed between January 2009 to June 2015 on 36 patients who were diagnosed vascular malform...

We appreciate and would like to thank Zhen Zhong Sun and Xuming Wei for their valuable and thoughtful comments after their thorough critical review of our paper “Sequential transarterial embolization followed by percutaneous vertebroplasty is safe and effective in pain management in vertebral metastases” (1). We would like to respond to the letter as follows. We agree with their suggestion that...

Urinary tract interventions can lead to multiple complications in the renal collecting system, including retained foreign bodies from endourologic or percutaneous procedures, such as stents, nephrostomy tubes, and others. We report a case of very delayed erosion of embolization coils migrating into the renal pelvis, acting as a nidus for stone formation, causing mild obstruction and finally lea...