ABSTRACT
Gluteal artery pseudoaneurysms are a rare cause of buttock pain, with few cases reported in the recent literature. Although small pseudoaneurysms are usually asymptomatic, larger can be painful and require treatment. Most of these cases are pseudoaneurysms resulting from local trauma. We report in this case a patient with a gluteal artery pseudoaneurysm. The pseudoaneurysm was successfully thrombosed using ultrasound-guided thrombin injection. This article reviews the literature, discusses the imaging diagnostics and the treatment of gluteal artery aneurysms.
Subject(s)
Aneurysm, False/physiopathology , Buttocks/blood supply , Pulsatile Flow , Aged, 80 and over , Aneurysm, False/diagnostic imaging , Aneurysm, False/drug therapy , Computed Tomography Angiography , Female , Humans , Injections, Intra-Arterial , Regional Blood Flow , Thrombin/administration & dosage , Treatment Outcome , Ultrasonography, InterventionalABSTRACT
We describe a late complication in a 75-year-old man 50 years after repair of a coarctation of the aorta (CoA). Two years after an aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair and radiofrequency MAZE the patient presented with dyspnoea and right-sided heart failure, based on a large pseudoaneurysm of the descending aorta, compressing the main bronchus and possibly temporarily the pulmonary arterial system. After sealing the aneurysm with an endovascular stent the patient recovered uneventfully. Recommendations are made for follow-up in patients after repair of CoA. (Neth Heart J 2008;16:260-3.).