Ischemic stroke as a manifestation of atrial myxoma. A case presentation by María Gabriela Balarezo García, Diego Armando Suárez, Olivia Elizabeth Altamirano Guerrero

“…Imaging studies were performed (skull tomography, transthoracic echocardiogram and angiotomography of neck vessels) suggestive of systemic embolization in the left carotid territory, secondary to the fragmentation of a cardiac tumor. …”
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Dissecting Pseudoaneurysm of the Proper Hepatic Artery Repaired by Primary Anastomosis: A Case Report by Roshan Razik, Aria Fallah, Charbel Sandroussi, Alice C. Wei, Ian D. McGilvray

“…Although stenting, coil embolization, and thrombin injection are all plausible options for management, we propose that surgical reconstruction be considered seriously as a treatment for such spontaneous pseudoaneurysms.…”
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Incidental Finding of an Undiagnosed Coarctation of the Aorta Causing Dilated Cardiomyopathy in an Adult by Abdalla Ibrahim, Zahir Satti, Ronan Curtin

“…Two weeks following admission he complained of left arm pain and CT upper limb confirmed embolic occlusion of the left brachial artery and incidental severe coarctation of the proximal descending aorta after the origin of the left subclavian artery. …”
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Emergency Pneumonectomy: A Life-Saving Measure for Severe Recurrent Hemoptysis in Tuberculosis Cavitary Lesion by Ravisagar Patel, Abhinav Singh, Rajendra Mohan Mathur, Anula Sisodiya

“…Some patients can be treated successfully with endobronchial interventions. Bronchial artery embolization can be rewarding in some patients but the recurrence rate is higher in tuberculosis than other etiologies of hemoptysis. …”
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Transcatheter Proximal Coil Blocking with n-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate Injection via the Pulmonary Artery Alone for Rasmussen’s Aneurysm by Atsushi Ugajin, Hiroyuki Fujii, Hiroyasu Nakamura, Akifumi Fujita, Takahiro Sasaki, Naoko Mato, Hideharu Sugimoto

“…Because it can be perfused from the bronchial and pulmonary arterial circulations, combined embolization via the bronchial and pulmonary arteries is sometimes required. …”
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Spontaneous Massive Splenic Infarction in the Setting of Renal Transplant and Septic Shock: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Christine L. Bokman, Maroun Sfeir, Veer Chahwala, Enrique Ginzburg

“…Causes of MSI include hematological disorders, coagulopathies, infection, and embolization, and, rarely, MSI is spontaneous. The mainstay of treatment is splenectomy. …”
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Acute Limb Ischemia in the Young: A Rare Case of Essential Thrombocytosis by Johanes Nugroho, Ruth Gunadi

“…The hypercoagulable state is a notable cause of ALI other than artery disease progression and cardiac embolization. A hypercoagulable state occurs in essential thrombocytosis because of the overproduction of hematopoietic cells secondary to the mutation of the JAK2, CALR, or MPL genes. …”
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Massive Pulmonary Hemorrhage from Bronchial Varix by Michael Agustin, Scott Shay, Jose Gonzalez, Pei Liu, Nancy Lentz, Anna Shapiro, Nat Dumrongmongcolgul, Michael Torres, Vasin Jungtrakoolchai

“…Selective bronchial artery embolization alleviated the acute-phase bleeding. Prone positioning was initiated due to severe hypoxia after blood clots compromised the patency of bilateral bronchial airways. …”
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Rheumatic Fever Associated with Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Systematic Review by Felipe da Silva, Jozélio de Carvalho

“…Regarding the manifestations of APS, the stroke was observed in 7/11 (63.6%), with one of them having probable embolic origin. Conclusion. The present study brings the information that the association between APS and RF is quite rare, however, is of great clinical importance. …”
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Successful Treatment of Benign Insulinoma by Transcatheter Angioembolization by Maria Iriarte-Durán, MD, Jose Teleche-Loaiza, MD, Alberto Rosero-Guerrero, MD, Edgar Folleco-Pazmiño, MD, Andrés García-Trujillo, MD, Guillermo Guzmán-Gómez, MD

“…Case Report: We describe the case of an elderly male patient with multiple comorbidities and recurrent isolated insulinoma of 3.7 × 3.5 cm involving the uncinate process of the pancreas and contacting the splenomesenteric confluent many years after first resection, in whom, after refusing surgical management, was performed as successful arterial embolization of the pancreatic tumor. Discussion: When addressing this pathology, it is common to encounter patients who are not candidates for surgical management, either due to the presence of comorbidities, the location of the tumor in relation to vascular structures, or refusal of the intervention. …”
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Pancytopenia in a Patient with Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome and Uncommon Vascular Abnormalities by Nicolò Binello, Antonio Gasbarrini, Eleonora Gaetani

“…The patient underwent coil embolization of the splenic artery aneurysm, followed by rapid and sustained increase of white blood cell and platelet count. …”
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Inverted Yoga and Near Syncope: An Unusual Diagnosis of Right Ventricular Myxoma by Wadie David, Narmeen Rehman, Robby Singh, Shukri David

“…Although usually benign in nature, myxomas require surgical resection due to their increased risk of embolic and cardiac complications, with the timing of resection dependent on the presentation and size of the tumor. …”
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Vascular malformations of the lungs and the liver at patient with hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia by M. S. Zharkova, A. V. Lapshin, Ye. N. German, M. V. Mayevskaya, I. A. Sokolina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Difficulty of medical tactics choice was determined by impossibility of conservative treatment, vascular embolization or organ-preserving resection of lobe of the organ. …”
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Inraoperative and Histological Visualization of Disrupted Vulnerable Plaques following Diagnostic Angiography of Moderate Carotid Stenosis by Tatsushi Mutoh, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Akifumi Suzuki, Nobuyuki Yasui

“…The visualized carotid lesion was more serious than expected, warning the danger of embolization or occlusion associated with the catheter maneuvers. …”
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Development of Vaginal Pseudoaneurysm 3 Years after Cesarean Section Possibly Induced by Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Therapies by Yui Kinjo, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Keiko Mekaru, Hayase Nitta, Hitoshi Masamoto, Yoichi Aoki

“…The vaginal pseudoaneurysm was completely occluded by embolization of the left vaginal artery. Anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapies can be potential causes of spontaneous pseudoaneurysm rupture. …”
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Spontaneous Rupture of an Ovarian Artery Aneurysm: A Rare Postpartum Complication by Christopher A. Enakpene, Toni Stern, Marco J. Barzallo Salazar, Pradip Mukherjee

“…This is a case of a multiparous woman with rupture of a left ovarian artery aneurysm, causing massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage and hematoma that required a combination of arterial embolization, percutaneous CT scan guided drainage, and surgical evacuation of the hematoma. …”
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Selective Conventional Approach for Management of Bleeding Uterine Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report by Jyoti Dahal, Suman Raj Tamrakar, Rupesh Singh Basnyat

“…However, selective uterine artery embolization and hysteroscopy guided procedures are the treatment of choices. …”
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Arteriojejunal Fistula Presenting with Recurrent Obscure GI Hemorrhage in a Patient with a Failed Pancreas Allograft by Nirmit Desai, Sagar Patel, Chinyere Nwosu, Lok Sung, Carl Tack, Jonathan M. Buscaglia, Edward P. Nord, Nand K. Wadhwa

“…Run off images revealed an external iliac artery aneurysm with fistulization into the jejunum. Coiled embolization was attempted but abandoned because of hemodynamic instability. …”
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Impact of early arterial-phase multidetector CT in blunt spleen injury: a clinical outcomes-oriented study by Yu-Hao Wang, Yu-Tung Wu, Huan-Wu Chen, Yu-San Tee, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-Hung Liao, Chi-Tung Cheng, Chi-Hsun Hsieh

“…Management methods were divided according to the initial treatment intent: nonoperative management observation (NOM-Obs), transarterial embolization (TAE), and splenectomy. NOM failure refers to either NOM-Obs or TAE failure leading to splenectomy. …”
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Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Models: Do They Need a Fix? by Fatima A. Sehba, Ryszard M. Pluta

“…That this discovery depended upon development of embolic animal model reiterates that proper stroke modeling is the key to develop new treatments. …”
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