Presentation
Stabbed in the right upper quadrant with 10 cm kitchen knife.
Patient Data
Age: 35 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Liver laceration with haemorrhage from stab wound
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Bleeding from the right hepatic artery, active on computerised tomographic angiography (CTA): contrast extravasates to the liver capsule, and accumulates in the portal venous phase.
From the case:
Liver laceration with haemorrhage from stab wound
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DSA replicates the morphology and shows the target for embolisation.
Case Discussion
In this case, the bleeding site was obvious at DSA, but often the bleeding is intermittent, and may not be seen at DSA. With good CTA, the parent artery can be identified by its morphology and embolised to prevent repeat haemorrhage.