Aortic pseudoaneurysm secondary to pancreatitis

A patient with a pseudoaneurysm of the distal abdominal aorta, which develo ped as the result of complicated gallstone pancreatitis, is reported. The a orta was bypassed with an axillofemoral-femorofemoral graft; the pseudoaneu rysm was resected, and the infrarenal aorta,vas oversewn. The patient survi ved a complicated postoperative course and was discharged with well-perfuse d lower extremities. No previous description of a pseudoaneurysm of the aor ta as a complication of pancreatitis was found on review of the literature.