A rare cause of obstructive jaundice: peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm
Bécheur, H.; Zins, M.; Lévy, P.; Vilgrain, V.; Menu, Y.; Bernades, P.
Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique 20(12): 1131-1134
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0399-8320 PMID: 9033859 Document Number: 468621
We report the case of a 54-year-old-man with alcoholic calcified chronic pancreatitis complicated by jaundice and abdominal pain. Investigations (Doppler ultrasonography examination and computed tomography scan) showed peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm of the posterior and inferior pancreatico-duodenal artery and a dilatation of the common bile duct. Selective embolization of the pseudoaneurysm resulted in rapid regression of both jaundice and abdominal pain. Common bile diet compression is a rare complication of peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm. Selective embolization seems to be the first line treatment in this indication.