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Fig. 7 | CVIR Endovascular

Fig. 7

From: Review of proximal splenic artery embolization in blunt abdominal trauma

Fig. 7

85 year old male with pancreatic cancer status post iatrogenic trauma following drain placement for a perisplenic abscess. Splenic artery DSA after embolization shows that the AMPLATZER™ Plug (white arrow) has mistakenly been placed distal to the great pancreatic artery (curved black arrow). This excludes collateral perfusion of the spleen via the dorsal pancreatic artery (straight thin black arrow) to transverse pancreatic (thick black arrows) to great pancreatic artery pathway

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