Percutaneous embolization of a lumbar pseudoaneurysm in a patient with type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

 Naidu SG, Chong BW, Huettl EA, Stone WM. Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz.

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a rare hereditary connective tissue disorder. Patients with type IV EDS are prone to develop visceral pseudoaneurysms and aortic aneurysms. Surgical and endovascular interventions are fraught with complications and high morbidity. We present a case of a patient with type IV EDS who presented with a new psoas pseudoaneurysm arising from a hypertrophied lumbar artery, which was treated with percutaneous embolization by using n-butyl cyanoacrylate glue and coils.

PMID: 17980288 [PubMed - in process]