LIVER-ABSCESS CONCOMITANT WITH HEMOBILIA DUE TO RUPTURE OF HEPATIC-ARTERY ANEURYSM - A CASE-REPORT

Hepatic artery aneurysm is an uncommon lesion, usually extrahepatic an d rarely intrahepatic. Rupture of hepatic artery aneurysm into the bil iary tract is a rare cause of hemobilia. Angiography is the diagnostic method of choice and surgical intervention is the procedure of choice for extrahepatic rupture. Interventional angiography with embolizatio n is optimal for inaccessible intrahepatic aneurysm and extremely poor risk patients. Reported here is a rare case of left intrahepatic arte ry aneurysm ruptured into the intrahepatic bile duct in the course of liver abscess. Embolization, of the hepatic artery resulted in cessati on of bleeding.