Perivascular Inflammatory Reaction After Percutaneous Placement of Covered Stents
- Department of Radiology, Christian Albrechts University, Arnold Heller Strasse 9, D-24105 Kiel (Germany)
A 52-year-old woman with an extensive superficial femoral artery occlusion was treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. Because of extensive dissections, two covered stents were placed percutaneously. The intervention was successful with respect to vessel patency, but local pain and fever developed 5 hr after the intervention. Swelling of the thigh occurred, but deep venous thrombosis was excluded. MRI revealed pronounced soft-tissue edema in the adductor canal that persisted for 4 weeks. The fever responded to antiinflammatory medication, but the pain remained for 4 weeks. The vessel was patent at the last follow-up, 8 weeks after graft placement. Soft-tissue edema after percutaneous placement of covered stents has been reported previously. The cause of the inflammatory reaction is unclear.
- OSTI ID:
- 21080509
- Journal Information:
- Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Vol. 19, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s002709900073; Copyright (c) 1996 Springer-Verlag New York Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0174-1551
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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