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Superselective embolization of a post-biopsy renal pseudoaneurysm in a 13-month-old infant

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Renal artery pseudoaneurysms are infrequent and are most often secondary to surgical or percutaneous renal biopsies. Their rupture can cause rapid clinical deterioration by massive haemorrhage. Diagnosis and treatment must, therefore, be rapid. Currently, surgical treatment remains the gold standard in most institutions while paediatric cases of endovascular embolization have seldom been described. We report a 13-month-old infant with a post-biopsy renal pseudoaneurysm successfully treated by selective arterial embolization.

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  1. Radiology Department, Central Regional Hospital and University of Nice, Archet Hospital 2, 151 route de Saint Antoine de Ginestière, B.P. 3079, 06202, Nice Cedex 3, France

    Sébastien Novellas, Patrick Chevallier, Jean Pierre Motamedi & Jean Noel Bruneton

  2. Paediatric Surgery Department, Central Regional Hospital and University of Nice, Archet Hospital 2, Nice, France

    Jean Yves Kurzenne

  3. Paediatric Department, Central Regional Hospital and University of Nice, Archet Hospital 2, Nice, France

    Etienne Berard

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Novellas, S., Chevallier, P., Motamedi, J.P. et al. Superselective embolization of a post-biopsy renal pseudoaneurysm in a 13-month-old infant. Pediatr Radiol 36, 874–876 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-006-0195-1

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