Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for monitoring an embolized renal artery aneurysm: A case report and literature review.

This case report describes a 69-year-old male patient with a renal artery aneurysm that was followed up with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography at 8 months after coil embolization treatment. Due to the disappearance of residual lumen with few metal artifacts, the therapeutic effect was satisfactory. At present, the indications for the treatment of renal artery aneurysms are still controversial and there are very few reports of postembolization images of renal artery aneurysms, with no criteria for reintervention and few reports for monitoring the embolized aneurysms. Further reports and research are still needed for the treatment of this rare disease.

[Preparation and property study of doxorubicin loaded microspheres].

OBJECTIVE: To prepare doxorubicin-loaded polyvinylalcohol-acrylic acid (PVA-AA) microspheres and evaluate properties of this chemoembolic agent. METHODS: PVA-AA microspheres were synthesized by inverse suspension polymerization method and then verified by infrared spectroscopy. drug loading (DL) and entrapment efficiency (EE%) were measured after doxorubicinwas loaded on PVA-AA microspheres. Their morphology and elasticity were investigated by optical microscope, environmental scanning electron microscope and texture analyzer, respectively. T-cell apparatus was used to evaluate the in vitro release behavior of doxorubicin-loaded microspheres.The external carotid of the rabbit was chosen as an embolization site to evaluate the in vivo embolic property of the microspheres. RESULTS: PVA-AA microspheres, which were transparent spheres,turned into red spheres after doxorubicin loading. DL of the microspheres was (20.56 ± 0.69)g/L and (23.25 ± 0.27) g/L,and EE% was 82.22% ± 2.76% and 93.00% ± 1.06% within 20 min and 6 h, respectively. The in vitro release results showed a significantly delayed release of the drug for 10.32% ± 0.47% after 24 h. The Young's modulus was (178.30 ± 12.33) kPa and (213.29 ± 15.61) kPa for blank microspheres and doxorubicin-loaded microspheres, respectively. Both blank microspheres and doxorubicin-loaded microspheres exhibited good elasticity. In vivo embolization showed that 0.3 mL of microspheres could produce distal embolic efficiency. CONCLUSION: The doxorubicin-loaded microspheres are expected to be a promising new chemoembolic agent.

Development and evaluation of liquid embolic agents based on liquid crystalline material of glyceryl monooleate.

New type of liquid embolic agents based on a liquid crystalline material of glyceryl monooleate (GMO) was developed and evaluated in this study. Ternary phase diagram of GMO, water and ethanol was constructed and three isotropic liquids (ILs, GMO:ethanol:water=49:21:30, 60:20:20 and 72:18:10 (w/w/w)) were selected as potential liquid embolic agents, which could spontaneously form viscous gel cast when contacting with water or physiological fluid. The ILs exhibited excellent microcatheter deliverability due to low viscosity, and were proved to successfully block the saline flow when performed in a device to simulate embolization in vitro. The ILs also showed good cytocompatibility on L929 mouse fibroblast cell line. The embolization of ILs to rabbit kidneys was performed successfully under monitoring of digital subtraction angiography (DSA), and embolic degree was affected by the initial formulation composition and used volume. At 5th week after embolization, DSA and computed tomography (CT) confirmed the renal arteries embolized with IL did not recanalize in follow-up period, and an obvious atrophy of the embolized kidney was observed. Therefore, the GMO-based liquid embolic agents showed feasible and effective to embolize, and potential use in clinical interventional embolization therapy.