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Title: Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Spontaneous Rupture of the Omental Artery

Abstract

We encountered a rare case of spontaneous rupture of the omental artery. A 25-year-old man without any episode of abdominal trauma or bleeding disorders came to the emergency unit with left upper abdominal pain. Hematoma with extravasation of the greater omentum and a hemoperitoneum was confirmed on abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Bleeding from the omental artery was suspected based on these findings. Transcatheter arterial embolization was successfully performed after extravasation of the omental artery, which arises from the left gastroepiploic artery, was confirmed on arteriography. Partial ometectomy was performed 10 days after transcatheter arterial embolization, revealing that the hematoma measured 10 cm in diameter in the greater omentum. Pathological examination showed rupture of the branch of an omental artery without abnormal findings, such as an aneurysm or neoplasm. Thus, we diagnosed him with spontaneous rupture of the omental artery. The patient recovered and was discharged from the hospital 10 days after the surgery, with a favorable postoperative course.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ; ; ; ;  [1];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [2]
  1. Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Department of Radiology (Japan)
  2. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Science (Japan)
  3. Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Departments of Surgery and Emergency (Japan)
  4. Kyoto First Red Cross Hospital, Department of Pathology (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21608746
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 34; Journal Issue: 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-9956-1; Copyright (c) 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0174-1551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ARTERIES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMATOMAS; INJURIES; MAN; MESENTERY; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PATIENTS; RUPTURES; SURGERY; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; FAILURES; MAMMALS; MEDICINE; MEMBRANES; ORGANS; PRIMATES; SEROUS MEMBRANES; SYMPTOMS; TOMOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATES

Citation Formats

Matsumoto, Tomohiro, Yamagami, Takuji, Morishita, Hiroyuki, Iida, Shigeharu, Tazoe, Jun, Asai, Shunsuke, Masui, Koji, Ikeda, Jun, Nagata, Akihiro, Sato, Osamu, and Nishimura, Tsunehiko. Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Spontaneous Rupture of the Omental Artery. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1007/S00270-010-9956-1.
Matsumoto, Tomohiro, Yamagami, Takuji, Morishita, Hiroyuki, Iida, Shigeharu, Tazoe, Jun, Asai, Shunsuke, Masui, Koji, Ikeda, Jun, Nagata, Akihiro, Sato, Osamu, & Nishimura, Tsunehiko. Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Spontaneous Rupture of the Omental Artery. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00270-010-9956-1
Matsumoto, Tomohiro, Yamagami, Takuji, Morishita, Hiroyuki, Iida, Shigeharu, Tazoe, Jun, Asai, Shunsuke, Masui, Koji, Ikeda, Jun, Nagata, Akihiro, Sato, Osamu, and Nishimura, Tsunehiko. 2011. "Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Spontaneous Rupture of the Omental Artery". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00270-010-9956-1.
@article{osti_21608746,
title = {Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Spontaneous Rupture of the Omental Artery},
author = {Matsumoto, Tomohiro and Yamagami, Takuji and Morishita, Hiroyuki and Iida, Shigeharu and Tazoe, Jun and Asai, Shunsuke and Masui, Koji and Ikeda, Jun and Nagata, Akihiro and Sato, Osamu and Nishimura, Tsunehiko},
abstractNote = {We encountered a rare case of spontaneous rupture of the omental artery. A 25-year-old man without any episode of abdominal trauma or bleeding disorders came to the emergency unit with left upper abdominal pain. Hematoma with extravasation of the greater omentum and a hemoperitoneum was confirmed on abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography. Bleeding from the omental artery was suspected based on these findings. Transcatheter arterial embolization was successfully performed after extravasation of the omental artery, which arises from the left gastroepiploic artery, was confirmed on arteriography. Partial ometectomy was performed 10 days after transcatheter arterial embolization, revealing that the hematoma measured 10 cm in diameter in the greater omentum. Pathological examination showed rupture of the branch of an omental artery without abnormal findings, such as an aneurysm or neoplasm. Thus, we diagnosed him with spontaneous rupture of the omental artery. The patient recovered and was discharged from the hospital 10 days after the surgery, with a favorable postoperative course.},
doi = {10.1007/S00270-010-9956-1},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21608746}, journal = {Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology},
issn = {0174-1551},
number = 2,
volume = 34,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2011},
month = {Tue Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2011}
}