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- Title
Traumatic lumbar artery arteriovenous fistula: preclinically detected by 16-multidetector-row computed tomography and post-processing techniques.
- Authors
Chou, C-P; Pan, H-B; Wu, T-H; Huang, F-D; Wu, M-T
- Abstract
We report a 21-year-old woman with a penetrating abdominal wound. Injuries of the abdominal aorta and alimentary tract were found during emergency surgery. The patient had a follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan 3 months after surgery. Arterial-phase 16-row multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) showed a suspicious dilated vessel adjacent to the repaired aorta on 5-mm transverse images. A fistula between a lumbar artery and the inferior vena cava was clearly demonstrated on images reformatted with two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) techniques. The patient suffered from symptoms of high-output heart failure 8 months after surgery.
- Publication
Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987), 2007, Vol 48, Issue 4, p401
- ISSN
0284-1851
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1080/02841850701199926