Case Report

Successful Endovascular Treatment of Iatrogenic Thyrocervical Trunk Pseudoaneurysm with Concomitant Arteriovenous Fistula Using 0.010-Inch Detachable Microcoils

Table 1

Chart review of pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula of thyrocervical trunk.

ReferenceSideLocationAgeEtiologySymptomsTime to onset of symptoms after injuryTreatmentOutcome

Thyrocervical trunk pseudoaneurysms
Shield III et al. [1]RMain trunk54IatrogenicPulsatile mass3 monthsSurgical resectionSuccessful
RMain trunk16IatrogenicNonpulsatile mass6 weeksSurgical resectionSuccessful
den Hollander and Slapak [3]RMain trunk16IatrogenicPulsatile mass with bruit5 weeksSurgical resectionSuccessful
Abrokwah et al. [5]RMain trunk78IatrogenicHorner’s syndrome1 daySurgical resectionSuccessful
Elariny et al. [6]RMain trunk78IatrogenicPain, bruit2 daysSurgical resectionSuccessful
Houshian and Poulsen [7]RMain trunk26TraumaticPulsatile mass with bruit4 monthsSurgical resectionSuccessful
Peces et al. [8]RMain trunk57IatrogenicPulsatile mass with bruit3 monthsSurgical resectionSuccessful
Majeski [10]RMain trunk36TraumaticPain, pulsatile mass2 monthsSurgical resectionSuccessful
Cuhaci et al. [9]RBranch46IatrogenicPain, pulsatile mass2 weeksCoil embolizationSuccessful
Ramsay and McAuliffe [11]LBranch36TraumaticPain, pulsatile mass4 hoursCoil embolizationSuccessful
Dwivedi et al. [12]RBranch67IatrogenicPain, pulsatile mass2 daysCoil embolizationSuccessful
Mazzei et al. [13] RBranch71IatrogenicPulsatile mass3 monthsSurgical resectionSuccessful
Mehta et al. [14]RBranch56TraumaticPain, pulsatile mass4 monthsUGTISuccessful

Thyrocervical trunk arteriovenous fistula
Glaser et al. [2]RMain trunk53IatrogenicChronic heart failure2 monthsSurgical resectionSuccessful
Herbreteau et al. [4]RN.D.N.D.IatrogenicBruit, cardiac insufficiencyN.D.Occluded by DBCSuccessful
RN.D.N.D.IatrogenicBruitN.D.Occluded by DBCSuccessful
RN.D.N.D.IatrogenicNoneN.D.Occluded by DBCSuccessful
RN.D.N.D.IatrogenicBruit, chronic heart failureN.D.Occluded by DBCSuccessful

N.D.: not described precisely; R: right; DBC: detachable balloon catheter; UGTI: ultrasound-guided thrombin injection.