Successful Management of a Proper Hepatic Artery Aneurysm by Embolization without Liver Dysfunction - Abstract
The occurrence of a hepatic artery aneurysm (HAA) is rare, accounting for approximately 20% of splanchnic aneurysms. Further, HAA rupture can become a life-threatening situation. We describe the case of a 65-year-old woman with a proper hepatic artery (PHA) aneurysm, which was managed successfully by transcatheter arterial embolization with microcoils. The patient was asymptomatic, and the lesion was incidentally detected by computed tomography (CT) examination. We successfully
performed coil embolization of the PHA aneurysm by balloon occlusion of the common hepatic artery. The embolization did not cause complications such as liver dysfunction and liver infarction. Thus, given that transcatheter arterial embolization is minimally invasive, we consider it a valuable method in the initial treatment of an HAA.