Direct aneurysm puncture and coil occlusion: a new approach to peripancreatic arterial pseudoaneurysms.
A patient with pancreatitis complicated by a pseudoaneurysm in the pancreatic head was treated with a radiologic-surgical approach. At surgery, the phlegmon was exposed and treated by means of direct puncture and embolization with Gianturco coils under color Doppler flow imaging guidance.
Capek
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Department of Radiology, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817.
Rocco
M
M
McGahan
J
J
Frey
C
C
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011677:Punctures; D015607:Stents