Percutaneous coil embolization of iatrogenic femoral arteriovenous fistula or pseudo-aneurysm.

Five male patients aged 43-67 years (mean, 60) with four iatrogenic femoral arteriovenous fistula and two pseudo-aneurysms (1 and 4 cm in diameter) were treated by percutaneous embolization, with coils. One coil migrated during placement to the pulmonary artery without clinical symptoms. All lesions remained obliterated after a mean follow-up of 10 months on Duplex-Doppler control. External manual compression under color-coded-Doppler was tried in three patients and failed.