Prophylactic embolization of hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm after blunt abdominal trauma in a child

Traumatic pseudoaneurysms of the liver and spleen in children: is routine screening warranted?

“…In adults with posttraumatic splenic pseudoaneurysms, several institutions have reported safe and effective treatment with angiographic embolization [23,24]. There is one recent case report of the successful early recognition and prophylactic embolization of a traumatic hepatic pseudoaneurysm in a child [25], similar to the case in our series. In our experience, all patients with pseudoaneurysms survived with the implementation of radiologic or surgical interventions.…”

Intrahepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm as a Delayed Presentation of Blunt Abdominal Trauma

“…Considering the reported cases of HAP after blunt liver trauma (Table 1), angiography is the first reliable method of diagnosis and treatment. In general, angioembolization is the initial line in management of HAPs (6,8,15,16), which successfully controlled the bleeding in 80% of the cases. Among these reported cases, handling bleeding was achieved with success by noninvasive management (Table 1).…”

Life-threatening postoperative hemorrhage from hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm successfully treated by transcatheter embolization in a 5-year-old

“…Trauma is also a known and reported cause of pseudoaneurysm in adults as well as in the pediatric population [11]. Pseudoaneurysm may present with sentinel bleed either from abdominal drains or into the gastrointestinal tract [12].…”