Interventional Radiology - Case Report 2016

Percutaneous embolization of a caroticoazygous fistula with the Amplatzer Vascular Plug 1

10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.4944-11.2

  • İbrahim Cansaran Tanıdır
  • Ender Ödemiş
  • Alper Güzeltaş
  • Celal Akdeniz

Received Date: 24.09.2011 Accepted Date: 07.10.2011 Diagn Interv Radiol 2012;18(4):431-434

We present the case of a five-year-old boy with a caroticoazygous fistula, which is an extremely rare congenital vascular malformation. The patient also had patent ductus arteriosus, a common cause of continuous murmur. The murmur continued despite successful coil embolization of the ductus. Repeated catheter-angiography revealed a large caroticoazygous fistula. The fistula was successfully embolized using the Amplatzer® Vascular Plug 1. Transcatheter occlusion of caroticoazygous fistula was performed easily, safely, and efficiently with a vascular plug.

Keywords: patent ductus arteriosus , therapeutic embolization , arteriovenous fistula