A 48-Year-Old Man Presenting as an Emergency with Severe Back Pain, a Large Anterior Paravertebral Hematoma, and Spontaneous Rupture of the Right 9th Intercostal Artery Successfully Managed by Transcatheter Arterial Embolization: A Case Report

Shintaro Izumoto; Tomohiro Abe; Takatoshi Koroki; Eiji Furukoji; Rie Masuda; Hidenobu Ochiai

doi:10.12659/AJCR.934173

16 February 2022 : Case report Japan

A 48-Year-Old Man Presenting as an Emergency with Severe Back Pain, a Large Anterior Paravertebral Hematoma, and Spontaneous Rupture of the Right 9th Intercostal Artery Successfully Managed by Transcatheter Arterial Embolization: A Case Report

Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease

Shintaro Izumoto^1ABDEF*, Tomohiro Abe^1ACDEF, Takatoshi Koroki^1BCEF, Eiji Furukoji^2ACD, Rie Masuda^2ACD, Hidenobu Ochiai^1ACEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.934173

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e934173

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Figure 3. Computed tomography (CT) on day 7 (A), and day 37 (B). (A) Contrast-enhanced CT showed a small amount of hemothorax on the left side, although the hematoma in front of the vertebrae had decreased. (B) The hematoma and hemothorax had disappeared, and no masses were noted.

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A 48-Year-Old Man Presenting as an Emergency with Severe Back Pain, a Large Anterior Paravertebral Hematoma, and Spontaneous Rupture of the Right 9th Intercostal Artery Successfully Managed by Transcatheter Arterial Embolization: A Case Report

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