1. Lifesaving embolization in a massive lumbar artery bleeding: Interventional radiology management
- Author
-
Letizia Di Meglio, MD, Giovanni Maria Rodà, MD, Antonio Arrichiello, MD, Martina Gurgitano, MD, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, MD, and Salvatore Alessio Angileri, MD
- Subjects
Lumbar artery bleeding ,Embolization ,Intravertebral bleeding ,Vertebral fracture ,Trauma ,Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine ,R895-920 - Abstract
Vertebral fractures are the most frequent fractures associated with osteoporosis. Thus far, there are no reported cases in literature analyzing intervertebral bleeding as a result of an osteoporotic vertebral fracture. The authors report a case of an 85-year-old woman in hemorrhagic shock for an unusual vertebral fracture causing a massive bleeding, which was contained by the vertebral ligament system inside the body of L4, treated with an endovascular approach. Since there are no guidelines for a treatment for the case mentioned above or similar, our aim is to describe a possible approach to a potentially life-threatening rare event.
- Published
- 2021
- Full Text
- View/download PDF