Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm following traumatic pancreatic transection
Mathew, A.Jacob.; Raju, R.Sanghi.; Vyas, F.L.; Mammen, T.; Sitaram, V.; Joseph, P.
Tropical Gastroenterology Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation 28(3): 133-134
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0250-636X PMID: 18384006 Document Number: 612920
A 24-year-old man presented to us 10 days after suffering blunt trauma to the abdomen. He was diagnosed with pancreatic transection and underwent distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. Two weeks after the operation, he developed intra-abdominal haemorrhage. Selective visceral angiogram revealed left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm, which had embolised. His recovery was uneventful. To our knowledge, ruptured left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm following pancreatic trauma, has not been reported before. In this article, we discuss some vascular complications of pancreatic trauma.