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CC BY 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2023; 07(02): 114-116
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770914
Case Report

An Unusual Complication of Transarterial Radioembolization: Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm and its Treatment with Ultrasound-guided Thrombin Injection

Muhammet Arslan 
1   Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey
,
Halil Serdar Aslan 
1   Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey
,
Burak Sarılar 
1   Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey
,
Aziz Gültekin 
2   Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey
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Abstract

Transarterial radioembolization (TARE) is a widely used treatment method for primary liver cancers and metastasis. Although TARE is relatively safe, it may cause liver abscess, failure, nontarget embolization, and vascular complications. Herein, we report a case of TARE-related hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm that was treated successfully with ultrasound-guided thrombin injection.

Keywords

radioembolization - pseudoaneurysm - ultrasound - hepatic artery - ultrasound-guided thrombin injection

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The manuscript has been read and approved for submission by all the authors. We declare that this manuscript is original, has not been published before, and it is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere




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04 September 2023

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