Pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery arising within a pancreatic pseudocyst.
A case is presented of a 41-year-old man admitted for obstructive jaundice. Work-up revealed a pseudocyst of the pancreatic head which contained a large pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery. After an unsuccessful attempt at embolization, the patient was treated with an uncomplicated pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Department of Surgery, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Michigan.
J S
JS
Bender
M A
MA
Levison
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed