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Transcatheter Embolization of a Renal Artery Aneurysm Using Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology volume 30, Article number: 300 (2007) Cite this article

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Our aim was to treat a clinically silent renal artery aneurysm. The patient was a 76-year-old man with elevated prostate-specific antigen and prostata biopsies with a gradus II–III adenocarcinoma who was incidentally found to have an aneurysm in his right renal artery. We performed a successful transcatheter embolization of the aneurysm using ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (Onyx). To avoid migration of the liquid material into the parent artery, a balloon was inflated in the orifice of the neck of the aneurysm while the liquid was injected. Five-month follow-up computed tomography (CT) imaging confirmed total occlusion of the aneurysm.

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Rautio, R., Haapanen, A. Transcatheter Embolization of a Renal Artery Aneurysm Using Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Copolymer. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 30, 300 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-005-0238-2

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Keywords

  • Renal artery
  • Aneurysm
  • Embolization
  • Endovascular treatment
  • Onyx
  • Therapeutic