INTRAPANCREATIC SPLENIC ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM - A RARE COMPLICATION OF CHRONIC CALCIFIC PANCREATITIS

The authors present the case of a 12-year-old boy with a history of ch ronic upper abdominal pain. Based on ultrasonography, endoscopic retro grade cholangiopancreatography, and computerized tomography, a diagnos is of chronic calcific pancreatitis with dilation of the main pancreat ic duct and a pseudocyst of the proximal pancreas was made. At surgery , in addition to confirmation of the above findings, a pseudoaneurysm arising from the splenic artery was found in the head and body of the pancreas. Pancreaticoduodenal resection including the pseudoaneurysm w as performed. Postoperatively the child developed diabetes, which is e asily managed with small doses of insulin.