A case of a patient who underwent transcatheter arterial embolization for unruptured splenic aneurysm during pregnancy

Shoichi Ikenaga, MD; Daisuke Yunaiyama, MD, PhD; Toru Saguchi, MD, PhD; Jun Otaka, MD, PhD; Takafumi Yamada, MD, PhD; Hiroe Ito, MD, PhD; Katsutoshi Sugimoto, MD, PhD; Takao Itoi, MD, PhD; Kazuhiro Saito, MD, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (Jan 2021)

A case of a patient who underwent transcatheter arterial embolization for unruptured splenic aneurysm during pregnancy

Shoichi Ikenaga, MD,
Daisuke Yunaiyama, MD, PhD,
Toru Saguchi, MD, PhD,
Jun Otaka, MD, PhD,
Takafumi Yamada, MD, PhD,
Hiroe Ito, MD, PhD,
Katsutoshi Sugimoto, MD, PhD,
Takao Itoi, MD, PhD,
Kazuhiro Saito, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Shoichi Ikenaga, MD: Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Address: 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 Japan
Daisuke Yunaiyama, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Address: 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 Japan; Corresponding author.
Toru Saguchi, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Address: 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 Japan
Jun Otaka, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Address: 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 Japan
Takafumi Yamada, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Address: 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 Japan
Hiroe Ito, MD, PhD: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Katsutoshi Sugimoto, MD, PhD: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Takao Itoi, MD, PhD: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kazuhiro Saito, MD, PhD: Department of Radiology, Tokyo Medical University, Address: 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023 Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 78 – 83

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Here, we report the case of a 30-year-old female patient who underwent coil embolization for unruptured splenic artery aneurysm without any complication at 26 weeks of pregnancy with reduction in fetal radiation exposure. The patient did not suffer from rupture of splenic artery aneurysm during or after procedure. Pregnancy is a risk factor of splenic artery aneurysm rupture with a high mortality rate. Transcatheter arterial embolization at 26 weeks of pregnancy might be a better treatment alternative for a pregnant patient with splenic artery aneurysm with respect to the endurance of fetal radiation exposure to prevent aneurysm rupture.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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