Hemobilia from a ruptured hepatic artery aneurysm in a 16-year-old girl.
A 16-year-old girl with hepatic artery aneurysm due to fibromuscular dysplasia which caused hemobilia is presented. This most unusual and life-threatening type of gastrointestinal bleeding was successfully treated by ligation of the common hepatic and gastroduodenal arteries. The clinical aspects and operative procedures of hepatic artery aneurysm are discussed.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002758:Cholangiography; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous