title: Pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm simulating carcinoma of the head of the pancreas.
abstract: Aneurysms of the pancreaticoduodenal arcades, although uncommon, may rupture and produce symptoms similar to those of pancreatic carcinoma. We describe one patient with a ruptured interior pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm and a large hematoma in the pancreatic head. He had a three-week history of painless jaundice. Angiography was essential in establishing the diagnosis and defining a vascular road map preoperatively. The surgical management involved resection of the aneurysm and vascular reconstruction.
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous