DELAYED TRAUMATIC PSEUDOANEURYSM OF A JEJUNAL ARTERY - A CASE-REPORT

The authors report a rare case of giant delayed traumatic pseudoaneury sm of a jejunal branch of the superior mesenteric artery secondary to abdominal trauma. A forty-seven-year-old patient presented with a pain less, enlarging epigastric mass eleven years after a stab wound to the abdomen. A giant post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of a jejunal artery wa s diagnosed by computed tomography, confirmed by ultrasound and angiog raphy, and successfully treated surgically. This case demonstrates the importance of computed tomography in diagnosis of abdominal pseudoane urysm in patients with previous abdominal trauma.