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. 2022 Nov;16(11):E569-E571.
doi: 10.5489/cuaj.7913.

Case - The folly of a misplaced Foley

Michael Uy  1 , Michael Greenspan  1   2 , Udi Blankstein  1   2
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Case - The folly of a misplaced Foley

Michael Uy et al. Can Urol Assoc J. 2022 Nov.
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Competing interests: The authors do not report any competing personal or financial interests related to this work.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Computed tomography angiography, transverse section at the level of the pelvis. (A) Left dorsal artery on arterial phase (arrow); (B) pseudoaneurysm of left dorsal artery (arrow); (C) Contrast pooling in bulbar urethra on 10 second delayed contrast phase (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Angiographic images during interventional radiology-guided super-selective embolization. (A) Urethral pseudoaneurysm and contrast blush (arrow); (B) coiling of an afferent branch from the internal pudendal (arrow) with resolution of extravasation. CIA: common iliac artery; DA: dorsal artery; IIA: internal iliac artery; IPA: internal pudendal artery.
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