Embolization therapy in the management of XXXX .

@entity1 @entity2758 @entity4832 @entity908 @entity1416 @entity281 @entity491
Eight @entity1 with @entity2758 (AVMs) underwent staged transcatheter @entity1416 . Six @entity1 had AVMs involving an extremity, one had multiple pulmonary AVMs, and one had an AVM of the pancreas. Embolization was performed using Ivalon ( @entity4832 ) particles and Gianturco coils. Clinical course, fever pattern, and appropriate enzymatic laboratory studies were monitored. @entity491 occurred in all but one @entity1 following embolization. A febrile course with the temperature reaching 39.6 degrees C without evidence of @entity281 was seen in several @entity1 for 3 to 5 days postembolization. Marked elevation in the @entity908 phosphokinase level and positive fibrin split products were noted in several instances. Because embolizations were performed in stages, serial arteriography was available. Embolization resulted in a reduction in symptoms in all eight @entity1 and allowed a more limited surgical procedure than would otherwise have been possible in two @entity1 . Complications occurred in three @entity1 and are described. It is concluded that transcatheter @entity1416 is a useful therapeutic alternative in the management of congenital AVMs.
