Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to Hemobilia after Percutaneous Liver Biopsy: A Rare Complication of a Common Procedure, Presenting in an Atypical Fashion by Ramy Mansour, Justin Miller

“…Angiography and transcatheter embolization were not required.…”
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Chronic Iliac Vein Occlusion and Painful Nonhealing Ulcer Induced by High Venous Pressures from an Arteriovenous Malformation by Daniel P. Link, Phillip J. Granchi

“…Following successful embolization of the pelvic AVM and ablation of veins under the ulcers with laser and sclerotherapy, the patient's ulcers healed and she became pain-free.…”
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A Case of Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor Presenting with Concomitant ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Occipital Stroke and a Brief Review of the Literature by Kyaw Kyaw, Htun Latt, Sammy San Myint Aung, Chanwit Roongsritong

“…It may mimic other cardiac tumors and can present with signs or symptoms of systemic embolization. There are limited data regarding CAT in the literature. …”
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Remaining of contrast dye ice cap during PVI by cryoballoon ablation; a case report by Ahmad Yamini Sharif, Entezar Mehrabi Nasab

“…If automatic balloon deflate occurs before the ice cap dissolves, embolization to the systemic circulation is possible. …”
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Management of Hepatic Rupture Diagnosed after an Emergency Cesarean Section by Gianluca Raffaello Damiani, Viviana Merola, Mario Barnaba, Stefano Landi, Gennaro Cormio, Antonio Pellegrino

“…The patient was discharged after 53 days and 4 laparotomies and an unsuccessful attempt of superselective artery embolization. Ultrasound after 40 days from the last surgery showed uniform hepatic parenchyma free of focal lesions. …”
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Biliothoracic Fistula after Microwave Ablation of Liver Metastasis : Literature Review by Valentina Tassi, Claudia Mosillo, Massimiliano Mutignani, Roberto Cirocchi, Mark Ragusa, Sergio Bracarda, Giovanni Passalacqua, Gabriele Marinozzi, Massimiliano Allegritti

“…Our case supports a conservative approach based on percutaneous biliary system decompression and synthetic glue embolization for the treatment of combined biliopleural and biliobronchial fistula.…”
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Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Renal Artery Aneurysm: A Case-Based Literature Review by Yub Raj Sedhai, Soney Basnyat, Tawseef Dar, Deepak Acharya

“…He was endovascularly treated with coil embolization. We have also reviewed the inherent literature.…”
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MANAGEMENT OF SYNCHRONIC LARGE LIVER METASTASIS IN A NON-OCCLUSIVE COLON TUMOR by Eduardo José Brommelstroet Ramos, Hugo Pinto Marques, Martin Palavecino, Timothy Pawlik, Rene Adam, Olivier Soubrane, Paulo Herman, Ricardo Lemos Cotta-Pereira

“…Similarly, various strategies such as portal vein embolization, liver deprivation, two-staged hepatectomy, and associating liver partition and portal vein ligation are available for patients who do not have a sufficient future liver remnant (generally 30-40% of the total). …”
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Endovascular Treatment and Outcomes for Femoropopliteal In-Stent Restenosis: Insights from the XLPAD Registry by Michael H. Vu, Glaiza-Mae Sande-Docor, Yulun Liu, Shirling Tsai, Mitul Patel, Chris Metzger, Mehdi H. Shishehbor, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Nicolas W. Shammas, Peter Monteleone, Subhash Banerjee

“…Patients with FP ISR have more intraprocedural distal embolization, higher repeat revascularization procedures, and lower freedom from MALE at 1 year.…”
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Comparison of Sexual Dysfunction Using the Female Sexual Function Index following Surgical Treatments for Uterine Fibroids by Allison Ryann Louie, Jennifer Alice Armstrong, Laura Katherine Findeiss, Scott Craig Goodwin

“…In this paper three case reports are evaluated by the FSFI and compared between the following treatment groups: hysterectomy, myomectomy, and uterine embolization. Our goal is to illustrate how each of these treatment outcomes can result in sexual dysfunction and therefore decreased quality of life. …”
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Percutaneous transcatheter occlusion of large pulmonary arteriovenous fistula with Amplatzer Septal Occluder in a young cyanotic girl by K. Arun Kumar, Soumik Ghosh, Neeraj Awasthy, Om Shankar

“…Despite its efficacy in interventional occlusions of small- to medium-sized PAVFs, “classic” devices such as detachable balloons and intravascular coils are not recommended for bigger fistulas due to the potential risk of embolization to the systemic circulation. This case report is a unique case of a 17-year-old cyanotic girl who had a large symptomatic solitary PAVF that was effectively closed with a 26 mm Amplatzer Septal Occlude (ASO) device. …”
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Atypical Aggressive Hemangioma of Thoracic Vertebrae Associated With Thoracic Myelopathy—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Krishna Timilsina, Sandesh Shrestha, Om Prakash Bhatta, Sushil Paudel, Rajesh Bahadur Lakhey, Rohit Kumar Pokharel

“…The patient underwent preoperative embolization and sclerotherapy, followed by decompression, posterior instrumentation, and stabilization. …”
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Extra-Pericardial Tamponade due to Internal Thoracic Artery Rupture after Blunt Trauma: A Case Report by Dongsub Noh, Sung Wook Chang, Dae Sung Ma

“…After resuscitation, he was scheduled to undergo angio-embolization to repair the ruptured left ITA, but he suddenly developed cardiac tamponade that required a decompressive sternotomy. …”
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Fibrous dysplasia coexisting with aneurysmal bone cyst in the skull base: A case report by Andrés Felipe Herrera Ortiz, Nury Tatiana Rincón Cuenca, Valeria del Castillo Herazo, Diana Marcela Oliveros Jiménez, Laura García Maestre, Mary Eugenia Posada, Luz Angela Moreno

“…This case underscores the essential role of imaging in accurate diagnosis and highlights the bleeding risks associated with surgical treatment of fibrous dysplasia with aneurysmal bone cyst. Preoperative embolization is suggested as a strategy to mitigate bleeding risk during surgery.…”
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Local Thrombolysis for Successful Treatment of Acute Stroke in an Adolescent with Cardiac Myxoma by Natig Gassanov, Amir M. Nia, Kristina M. Dahlem, Stefan Ederer, Inga Wedemeyer, Evren Caglayan, Erland Erdmann, Fikret Er

“…They are a rare source of cardiogenic embolisms and sudden death, especially in young patients. …”
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Methamphetamine-Induced Bowel Ischemia in a 50-Year-Old Male by Brian Kurtz, Abdalhai Alshoubi, Katrina Nguyen, Eric Gehres

“…The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with resection of the ascending colon as well as a necrotic section of the jejunum. Further embolic workup was negative with a subjective history of amphetamine use prior to presentation. …”
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Multiple Culprit Coronary Artery Thrombosis in a Patient with Coronary Ectasia by Bruno da Silva Matte, Gustavo Neves de Araujo, Felipe Homem Valle, Ana Maria Rocha Krepsky

“…In addition, concomitant embolic sources were not identified. Although routine aspiration thrombectomy in STEMI was not proven to be beneficial in randomized clinical trials, it was of great value in this case. …”
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Angiographic Evidence of a Purely Pial Bihemispheric Intracranial Hemangiopericytoma by Nathaniel Stetson, Sudhakar Vadivelu, Jiang Y. Li, Avi Setton, David J. Chalif

“…Angiographic evidence here is atypical of the natural history of hemangiopericytomas with dual vascular supply and was critical in the decision-making towards surgical resection without tumor embolization. Conclusion. Data presented suggests the lack of dural vascular supply alone does not rule out the diagnosis of hemangiopericytoma.…”
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Endovascular Treatment of Isolated Iliac Artery Aneurysms with Anaconda Stent Graft Limb by Christos Karathanos, Elias Kaperonis, Dimitrios Xanthopoulos, Theophanis Konstantopoulos, Maria Exarchou, Caterini Loupou, Vassilios Papavassiliou

“…In one case the internal iliac artery was embolized. No type I or II endoleak was observed immediately after the procedure. …”
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Spontaneous Regression of Uterine Arteriovenous Malformations with Conservative Management by Keiko Mekaru, Sugiko Oishi, Kozue Akamine, Chiaki Heshiki, Yoichi Aoki

“…Uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM) can cause massive hemorrhage and is often treated with uterine artery embolization (UAE), which may lead to ovarian insufficiency. …”
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