Sudden death due to ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm.
Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms are rare; their rupture often leads to sudden death. We report a case of a 59-year-old hypertensive man who died of a massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage following rupture of an aneurysm of the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery. We also discuss this unusual vascular lesion and review the pertinent literature.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous