Transarterial embolization of symptomatic focal nodular hyperplasia.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of small size trisacryl gelatin microsphere embolization as a minimally invasive treatment option for patients with symptomatic focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review was performed of experience with transarterial bland embolization of FNH during the period 2006-2011 in 12 patients (10 women and 2 men; age range, 18-61 y) with a total of 17 lesions presenting with symptoms of pain. FNH was pathologically proven in 11 lesions from 10 patients; the remaining lesions exhibited the classic imaging appearance for FNH.

Endometriosis causing lower extremity deep vein thrombosis - case report and review of the literature.

Endometriosis is a medical condition in women wherein endometrial cells deposited in the area outside the uterine cavity are influenced by hormonal changes, and produce symptoms depending on the site of implantation. A unique case of retroperitoneal endometriosis causing deep vein thrombosis from extrinsic compression of the right iliac vein is described. Clinical presentation with cyclical leg swelling, coincidental with menstruation and culminating with deep vein thrombosis, although very suggestive, has not been previously reported.

Translumbar placement of inferior vena caval catheters: a solution for challenging hemodialysis access.

Access to the central venous circulation for hemodialysis has traditionally been achieved via the subclavian or jugular venous routes. With ongoing improvements in medical management, many hemodialysis recipients develop exhaustion of these routes and require alternative means of central venous access. Inferior vena caval (IVC) catheters have been placed with a percutaneous translumbar approach to allow central venous access for chemotherapy, harvesting of stem cells, and total parenteral nutrition.