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Right femoral angiography of a 13-year-old boy with a leak from the right cavernosal artery to the right corpus cavernosum.
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Flush angiography allowed to identify a right cavernosal artery fistula of the pelvis (Figure 1).
Right femoral angiography: (a) superselective catheter traveling to the right cavernosal artery (arrow) and (b) embolization with PVA particles (circle).
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A superselective transcatheter embolization using PVA particles of 300-500 microm achieved complete penile detumescence (Figure 2).
Right internal iliac artery angiography. After embolization with PVA particles, there is disappearance of the fistula (arrow).
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The procedure was stopped when the blood flow through the fistula markedly decreased, and a post-procedure selective angiography confirmed occlusion of the lesion (Figure 3).