16 February 2022>: Articles
A 48-Year-Old Man Presenting as an Emergency with Severe Back Pain, a Large Anterior Paravertebral Hematoma, and Spontaneous Rupture of the Right 9 Intercostal Artery Successfully Managed by Transcatheter Arterial Embolization: A Case Report
Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease
Shintaro Izumoto A* , Tomohiro Abe A , Takatoshi Koroki B , Eiji Furukoji A , Rie Masuda A , Hidenobu Ochiai ADOI: 10.12659/AJCR.934173
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e934173
Figure 1. Chest X-ray (CXR) (A), non-enhanced computed tomography (CT) (B), and contrast-enhanced CT (C) at the presentation. (A) CXR did not show significant findings. (B) Thickening of the space between the aorta and vertebrae (arrow). (C) Contrast-enhanced CT showed a 4.3×2.7×7.0 cm mass enhanced by contrast media in the front of the 9th thoracic vertebrae body (arrow).