Jm. Mathis et al., ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA OF THE SCALP AFTER HAIR TRANSPLANTATION TREATEDBY ENDOVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION, Annals of plastic surgery, 33(6), 1994, pp. 633-637
A 27-year-old patient acquired an arteriovenous fistula after punch gr
aft hair transplantation. This lesion was treated by (percutaneous) pu
ncture and injection of a liquid acrylic (N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate). Th
e fistula was completely obliterated by the endovascular therapy witho
ut the need for additional vascular or cosmetic surgery. Endovascular
therapy may be helpful as an adjunctive or primary treatment modality
for iatrogenic or post-trauma fistulas.