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Renal and splenic infarctions after bronchial artery embolization in 28-year-old female.. A. Left bronchial arteriogram demonstrating hypertrophied arteries in lower lobe of left lung with arterio-venous shunt (arrow).. B. Contrast CT abdomen showing bilateral renal and splenic micro-infarctions as multifocal hypodense non-enhanced areas.
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Next, the catheterization of the left bronchial artery was performed with a 4.1F SHK catheter (Bjaeverskov, Denmark), and demonstrated hypertrophied arteries in the lower lobe of the left lung with an arterio-venous shunt (Fig. 1A). A computerized tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen (General Electric LightSpeed VCT; Waukesha, WI) showed multiple micro-infarctions of the spleen and bilateral kidneys (Fig. 1B).