Successful transcatheter embolization of pseudoaneurysm associated with pancreatic pseudocyst

Morita, R.; Muto, N.; Konagaya, M.; Honda, T.; Miyazawa, M.; Nakazawa, S.; Kondo, N.; Kimura, N.; Miura, T.; Harasawa, S.

American Journal of Gastroenterology 86(9): 1264-1267

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9270
PMID: 1882809
Document Number: 370040
Hemorrhage into a pancreatic pseudocyst is a rare event, but is the most rapidly lethal complication of chronic pancreatitis. Visceral-vessel aneurysms are an unexpectedly common finding in arteriography of patients with chronic pancreatitis. This case report describes bleeding from an anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm, caused by chronic pancreatitis. The aneurysm was successfully treated by embolization with a steel coil.

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