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CT angiography demonstrating a large retroperitoneal hematoma (H) with evident mass effect and contrast extravasation (arrow).
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CT-scanning demonstrated a large retroperitoneal hematoma with a paralumbar blush (Figure 1). Catheterization of the femoral artery, and subsequent selective coil embolisation of a bleeding right lumbar artery was performed (Figure 2).
Angiography with coil embolisation; (A) overview of the aorta (a), the bleeding right lumbar artery (arrow) and 2 sites of active bleeding (thin arrows); (B) detailed view of the bleeding lumbar artery with contrast extravasation; (C) coil embolisation (arrows) of the bleeding right lumbar artery.
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CT-scanning demonstrated a large retroperitoneal hematoma with a paralumbar blush (Figure 1). Catheterization of the femoral artery, and subsequent selective coil embolisation of a bleeding right lumbar artery was performed (Figure 2).