A Delayed Diagnosis of Hemorrhagic Shock in a Patient with Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Ascites on Bedside Ultrasound by Madeline Bach, Julian Choi, Rory A. Smith, Sarkis Arabian

“…Angiogram revealed a splenic laceration and possible hepatic laceration, both embolized successfully. Internal medicine practitioners should keep the differential of hemorrhagic shock due to intraabdominal organ injury in mind for patients with undifferentiated shock.…”
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Shaggy aorta—An autopsy analysis by Pranita Zare, Pradeep Vaideeswar

“…Aims: Shaggy aorta is defined as “very extensive atheromatous disease with diffuse ulcers associated with soft, loosely held debris and a paucity of actual thrombus” and often results in visceral or peripheral arterial embolization (shaggy aorta syndrome). Most of the studies are clinico-radiological with hardly any assessment of the pathological features. …”
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Ruptured Arteriovenous Malformation Presenting with Kernohan’s Notch by Christopher F. Dibble, Michael P. Wemhoff, Tarik Ibrahim, Deanna Sasaki-Adams, Sten Solander, Anand V. Germanwala

“…She eventually underwent elective embolization followed by subsequent surgical resection and bone replacement. …”
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A Rare Case of Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia in a Young Female Patient by Kavitha Gopalratnam, Kevin Andrew Woodson, Jigarkumar Rangunwala, Kanaga Sena, Manisha Gupta

“…Strokes can be thrombotic or embolic in etiology and are associated with underlying conditions such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. …”
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Improvement of Depression after Treatment of Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: A Case Report and a Review by Minoru Nakagawa, Kenji Sugiu, Koji Tokunaga, Chihoko Sakamoto, Kenjiro Fujiwara

“…The DAVF was successfully treated with endovascular surgery, coil embolization of the isolated diseased sinus through the mastoid emissary vein which was a draining vein from the fistula. …”
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Association of Cancer and the Risk of Developing Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ming Yuan, Zhiwei Zhang, Gary Tse, Xiaojin Feng, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Konstantinos P. Letsas, Bryan P. Yan, William K. K. Wu, Huilai Zhang, Guangping Li, Tong Liu, Yunlong Xia

“…We should take into account the increased risk of atrial fibrillation development and, after this, study the embolic risk and potential indication of oral anticoagulation.…”
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Recurrent Cesarean Scar Ectopic Pregnancy Treated with Systemic Methotrexate by Chima Ndubizu, Rodney A. McLaren, Sandra McCalla, Mohamad Irani

“…The first CSP, which was diagnosed at a later stage, was treated with uterine artery embolization and systemic methotrexate leading to complete resolution within 10 weeks. …”
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Clinical Presentation, Risk Factors, and Treatment Modalities of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single Tertiary Care Center Experience by Abdulrahman A. Aljumah, Hadi Kuriry, Mohammed AlZunaitan, Mohammed Al Ghobain, Mohamed Al Muaikeel, Ashwaq Al Olayan, Fahad Azzumeea, Bader Almutairi, Abduljaleel AlAlwan, Hamdan AlGhamdi

“…Treatment was classified into surgical resection/liver transplantation; locoregional ablation therapy; transarterial embolization; systemic chemotherapy; and best supportive care. …”
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Long-term outcomes of radiofrequency ablation and cyanoacrylate closure for treatment of small saphenous veins by Ahmet Kayan, Ali Fuat Karacuha, Nur Dikmen, Cagdas Baran, Mustafa Sirlak

“…Results: Our findings indicated that radiofrequency ablation showed greater improvements compared to cyanoacrylate embolization in terms of VCSS. However, over the 5-year follow-up period, recurrence rates were observed in 11 (17.1%) patients in the CAC group and 5 (6.8%) patients in the RFA group, with this difference being statistically significant (p=0.045). …”
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Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients Unfit for Resection, Ablation, or Chemotherapy: A Retrospective Study by Vassilis Kouloulias, Eftychia Mosa, John Georgakopoulos, Kalliopi Platoni, Ilias Brountzos, Anna Zygogianni, Christos Antypas, Paraskevas Kosmidis, Kyriaki Mystakidou, Maria Tolia, Ivelina Beli, Athanasios Gouliamos, John Kouvaris, Nikoalos Kelekis

“…Between 2007 and 2012, in a retrospective way, 9 patients (median age 69 years) with advanced HCC and IVCTT unfit for surgery, radiofrequency ablation, embolization, or chemotherapy were treated with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT). …”
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Fatal Hemoptysis due to Chronic Cavitary Pulmonary Aspergillosis Complicated by Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Tuberculosis by Ioannis Kokkonouzis, Ioannis Athanasopoulos, Nikolaos Doulgerakis, Grigorios Tsonis, Ioannis Lampaditis, Nikolaos Saridis, Vasilios Skoufaras

“…Antifungal antibiotics, surgical interventions, bronchial arteries embolization, and intracavity infusion of antibiotics have been proposed without always adequate sufficiency.…”
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A Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Revealed by a Single Bone Lesion with No Poor Prognostic Factors by Yann Godbert, Benedicte Henriques-Figueiredo, Anne-Laure Cazeau, Xavier Carrat, Marc Stegen, Isabelle Soubeyran, Francoise Bonichon

“…The total thyroidectomy carried out subsequently revealed a 4 mm papillary microcarcinoma with vesicular architecture of the right lobe, well delimited and distant from the capsule without vascular embolisms. After two radioiodine treatments, the patient is in complete clinical, biological, and radiological remission. …”
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The Efficacy of Denosumab in the Management of a Tibial Paediatric Aneurysmal Bone Cyst Compromised by Rebound Hypercalcaemia by Matthew Harcus, Samantha Aldridge, Adesegun Abudu, Lee Jeys, Senthil Senniappan, Henry Morgan, Barry Pizer

“…En bloc resection and embolization were not deemed viable, and a decision to use denosumab was made. …”
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Spontaneous Ruptured Pyomyoma in a Nulligravid Female: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by S. Read, J. Mullins

“…It may also arise after recent uterine instrumentation, after uterine artery embolization, or in immunocompromised patients. The most likely cause of pyomyoma is vascular compromise followed by bacterial seeding from direct, hematogenous, or lymphatic spread. …”
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Cerebral Arterial Stenosis Detection Based on a Retained Two-Stage Detection Algorithm by Hanqing Liu, Xiaojun Li, Jin Wei, Xiaodong Kang

“…Stroke is one of the fatal diseases worldwide, and its primary mechanism is produced by cerebrovascular stenosis, blockages, or embolisms. Computer-aided diagnosis can assist clinical practitioners in identifying cerebrovascular anomalies, elucidating the precise lesions’ location in the patients, and providing guidance for clinical therapy. …”
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Transjugular Retrograde Obliteration prior to Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated with Hyperammonemia due to Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunt by Fumio Chikamori, Nobutoshi Kuniyoshi

“…The mesocaval shunt was successfully embolized using absolute ethanol and a 50% glucose solution. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of the Diode Laser (980 nm) and Sclerotherapy in the Treatment of Oral Vascular Malformations by Peeyush Shivhare, Naqoosh Haidry, Neha Sah, Ajay Kumar, Abhishek Gupta, Ankur Singh, Mohan Raju Penumatcha, Shalini Subramanyam

“…Treatment of vascular malformations may involve many techniques like sclerotherapy, embolization, surgical resection, cryotherapy, laser treatment, or medical therapy. …”
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Management of epistaxis in patients with ventricular assist device: a retrospective review by Clifford Scott Brown, Ralph Abi-Hachem, David Woojin Jang

“…The use of hemostatic material was associated with a lower likelihood of bleeding recurrence (p = 0.05), whereas cauterization with silver nitrate alone was associated with a higher likelihood of re-intervention (p = 0.05). Surgery or embolization was not required urgently for any patient. …”
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Artery of Percheron Infarction: A Case Report of Bilateral Thalamic Stroke Presenting with Acute Encephalopathy by Charles Donohoe, Nooshin Kiani Nia, Patricia Carey, Vamsi Vemulapalli

“…Confirmatory MRI exhibited bilateral subacute thalamic infarcts, which were thought to be embolic with the source from the left ventricular thrombus as the patient had at least three distinct clots. …”
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Detection of macular and peripheral ocular microvascular changes after carotid artery revascularization using widefield SS-OCTA by Ting Luo, Lu Wang, Li Zhang

“…The observed decrease in the VDRDVC after CAR may be attributed to microvascular embolization and ischemia within the deep capillary plexus (DCP).…”
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