Prostatic Artery Embolization via Variant Unilateral Right Prostatic Artery

A 62-year-old man with medication-refractory benign prostatic hyperplasia on Flomax had a unilateral right prostatic artery (PA) that supplied both hemispheres of the prostate gland. Before PA embolization, his International Prostate Symptom Score was 28 (extremely symptomatic) and his quality-of-life score was 6 (terrible). A left internal iliac angiogram (Fig 1) demonstrated anterior and posterior divisions without visualizing a PA, which was confirmed by DynaCT (Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Malvern, Pennsylvania) (not pictured).
Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Images in IR Source Type: research