Vascular Plug Embolization Therapy for an Unusual Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformation in a Young Adult-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract The management of pelvic arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) remains challenging due to extensive muscle plane involvement, higher probability of incomplete surgical resection and high recurrence rate. This report describes the case of a 24-year-old male with AVM in the left gluteal region. Vascular surgery would have involved widespread muscle debulking and extensive bleeding. So embolotherapy was preferred over surgical therapy to block the blood flow into the nidus of the AVM. The malformation was successfully treated with no recurrence after 1 year. Peripheral AVMs demands multidisciplinary approach that integrates surgical therapy with embolotherapy. However, embolotherapy can be exclusively developed to improve the outcomes in unusual pelvic AVMs with very low morbidity and no recurrence. Keywords: Arteriovenous malformation; Embolotherapy; Amplatzer Vascular Plug Ab...