Erschienen in:
01.08.2011 | Letter to the Editor
Ethanol Embolization of Hemophilic Pseudotumor of the Mandible
verfasst von:
Mingming Lv, Xindong Fan, Lixin Su, Jiawei Zheng
Erschienen in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Ausgabe 4/2011
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Excerpt
Hemophilic pseudotumor (HP) is an infrequent complication with an estimated occurrence of 1–2% in severe hemophiliacs [
1]. Embolization was mostly described as a presurgical intervention to reduce bleeding. In 1990, Pisco reported a case of HP in the wing of the iliac bone treated successfully with transcatheter arterial embolization [
2]. We report a case of HP of the mandible treated by ethanol embolization alone. …