Abstract

NTOLA, VC  and  NTLOKO, SKS. The vagaries of diagnosis and management of traumatic lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm. S. Afr. j. surg. [online]. 2023, vol.61, n.2, pp.53-55. ISSN 2078-5151.  http://dx.doi.org/10.36303/SAJS.3945.

This report details a patient who sustained a posterior stab to a lumbar artery. The diagnosis was challenging and could have been easily missed if a high index of suspicion were not maintained. In a trauma context, this injury is missed due to focus on other concomitant injuries. We discuss the merits of computed tomography angiography (CTA) to identify the arterial blush which led to onward referral for successful catheter-directed arterial embolotherapy.

Keywords : lumbar artery; lumbar artery injury; lumbar artery pseudoaneurysm; endovascular coil.

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