Pseudoaneurysm of abdominal aorta: a complication of intrahepatic arterial infusion therapy.
Arterial perforation by an indwelling intrahepatic catheter for infusion chemotherapy occurred in a 69-year-old man with liver metastases from rectal cancer. Computed tomography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm formation and was diagnostic of the complication.
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000209:etiology; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial / Q000009:adverse effects; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed