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Keerati Hongsakul1, Sorracha Rookkapan, Pramot Tanutit, Songklod Pakdeejit, Apiradee Songjamrat, Jitpreedee Sungsiri.
Abstract
Vascular involvement in neurofibromatosis type 1 is rare but has the potential to be fatal. We report a case of a patient with spontaneous rupture of a left intercostal artery aneurysm, which presented as a massive left hemothorax and was successfully treated by transarterial coil embolization.Entities:
Keywords: Embolization; Massive hemothorax; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Ruptured aneurysm
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23323035 PMCID: PMC3542307 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.1.86
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Radiol ISSN: 1229-6929 Impact factor: 3.500