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Percutaneous splenic embolization of the splenic artery in the treatment of hyp...

Percutaneous splenectomy was performed in 6 patients with hypersplenism. Peripheral blood cell counts improved in 5 of the patients. The authors review the indications, technique and complications of percutaneous splenic embolization. It is concluded that medical splenectomy is an effective method particularly to alleviate symptoms of hypersplenism. ; Percutaneous splenectomy was performed in 6 patients with h...

Percutaneous sclerotherapy of varicocele.

Percutaneous sclerotherapy of varicocele was considered in 21 patients with left sided varicocele, 16 of whom had recurrences after left spermatic vein ligation in the past. Percutaneous sclerotherapy was possible in 17 patients (80.9%). There were no serious complications with venography or sclerotherapy, and the recurrence rate was 17.6%. Percutaneous sclerotherapy is therefore a simple, safe and effective tr...

Renal arteriovenous fistulas. Conservative treatment by arterial embolization.

Retroperitoneal fibrosis. Presentation with neovascularity on angiography.

Angiographic, ultrasound and isotopic scanning in the evaluation of hepatic mas...

The value of simple radiography of the chest in the diagnosis of heart disease.

Avascular focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver. A case with angiography, ultr...

The embolization of complicated renal angiomyolipoma.

A case of complicated renal angiomyolipoma with tumoral bleeding in a 44-year-old woman is presented. The contribution of angiography to the diagnosis helped clarify the degree of vascularity, and the contribution of embolization treatment (safe and well tolerated) is discussed. ; A case of complicated renal angiomyolipoma with tumoral bleeding in a 44-year-old woman is presented. The contribution of angiograp...

Angiography in thoracic outlet syndrome.

The thoracic outlet syndrome is a changeable clinical syndrome caused by compression of the neurovascular bundle of the upper extremity, within the cervicoaxillary channel. From April 1980 through May 1995, 24 patients with clinical thoracic outlet syndrome were evaluated by selective arteriography. The diagnosis was confirmed in seven patients, in 14 the exam was normal and in the last three cases another arte...

The use of endoprosthesis in superior vena cava syndrome caused by lung neoplas...

We present six cases of superior vena cava syndrome caused by a malignant tumor that were treated by percutaneous endoprostheses. The technique is described and the results evaluated. In one case there was acute thrombosis of the endoprosthesis that was treated by urokinase. No other complications were observed. A patient died one month later due to progression of the tumor. The remaining cases were asymptomati...