COLOR DOPPLER DEMONSTRATION OF PSEUDOANEURYSMS COMPLICATING PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYSTS

The great morbidity and mortality associated with pseudoaneurysms comp licating pancreatic pseudocysts stress the need for their early detect ion. The authors report the use of colour Doppler sonography in the de tection of pseudoaneurysms within pancreatic pseudocysts, emphasizing not only the value of this modality in the initial diagnosis, but also its value in monitoring the success of transcatheter embolization. Co lour Doppler should be used systematically in the evaluation of pancre atic pseudocysts.