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We report an uncommon case of spontaneous massive hemorrhage of the abdominal wall caused by rupture of a deep iliac circumflex (DIC) artery. Enhanced computed tomography (CT) demonstrated a marked extravasation in a huge hematoma of the abdominal wall. Although a pelvic arteriogram demonstrated no extravasation, a superselective DIC arteriogram subsequently revealed an extravasation of the artery. We successfully performed transcatheter arterial embolization for the artery. There have been few reports in the literature of spontaneous hemorrhage in the abdominal wall resulting from rupture of DIC artery, which were defined by diagnostic imaging and successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolization.
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Received 14 July 1997; Revision received 1 September 1997; Accepted 3 September 1997
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Katsumori, T., Nakajima, K. A case of spontaneous hemorrhage of the abdominal wall caused by rupture of a deep iliac circumflex artery treated by transcatheter arterial embolization. Eur Radiol 8, 550–552 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050432
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