GASTRODUODENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM AND CHRONI C-PANCREATITIS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Citation
L. Benoit et al., GASTRODUODENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM AND CHRONI C-PANCREATITIS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Annales de chirurgie, 50(10), 1996, pp. 918-920
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
ISSN journal
00033944
Volume
50
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
918 - 920
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3944(1996)50:10<918:GAAACC>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A cast of pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery due to chronic p ancreatitis is reported. Pancreatitis causing splanchnic arterial aneu rysm is more likely to affect the splenic artery than the gastroduoden al artery. Ten percent of cases of chronic pancreatitis are associated with splanchnic aneurysm. Hemorrhage occurs in 50% of cases. Color Do ppler ultrasound is the best diagnostic tool, indicating the need for coeliac arteriography. In our case report, transcatheter embolization was performed with stainless steel coils and the pseudoaneurysm was su ccessfully occluded.