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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2017; 01(03): 184-189
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1609044
Case Report
Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Embolization of Bleeding Pinna Arteriovenous Malformation after Ligation of the External Carotid Artery: A Therapeutic Challenge

Rahul Kumar
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
,
Ankur Goyal
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
,
Ashu Seith Bhalla
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
,
Sonia Sandip
1   Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
,
Kapil Sikka
2   Department of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
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21 June 2017

08 September 2017

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14 December 2017 (online)

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Abstract

A 25-year-old patient presented with bleeding of right pinna arteriovenous malformation (AVM). There was history of ipsilateral external carotid artery (ECA) ligation 10 years back. Subsequent investigations (ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, digital subtraction angiography) showed recruitment of complex collaterals from the ipsilateral subclavian artery and vertebral artery feeding the recurrent nidus. The patient underwent two sessions of endovascular embolization and one session of percutaneous embolization. We wish to highlight the feasibility of antegrade embolization in such cases via collaterals and role of direct percutaneous treatment.

Keywords

arteriovenous malformation - external carotid artery ligation - head and neck
 

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