Intractable Back Pain After Coil Embolization of Giant Veno-Venous Collaterals in a Patient With Fontan Circulation

Int Heart J. 2017 Apr 6;58(2):298-301. doi: 10.1536/ihj.16-194. Epub 2017 Mar 21.

Abstract

Veno-venous collaterals are sometimes seen in patients after the Fontan procedure. A 28-year-old female with tricuspid atresia who underwent the Fontan procedure had oxygen desaturation due to a giant veno-venous collateral. Coil embolization was performed for the collateral. After the procedure, she complained of severe back pain. Anti-inflammatory analgesics and steroids were not effective, although carbamazepine promptly relieved the intractable pain. Treatment-related pain after coil embolization for veno-venous collaterals in patients with Fontan physiology is quite rare, although cardiologists must recognize a critical condition to be differentiated from vascular occlusion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / therapeutic use*
  • Back Pain / drug therapy*
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Fontan Procedure
  • Humans
  • Pain, Intractable / drug therapy*
  • Pain, Intractable / etiology

Substances

  • Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
  • Carbamazepine