Haemobilia due to ruptured intrahepatic aneurysm in a child.
This report describes a major life-threatening haemorrhage in a 10-year-old child, following an intraduct rupture of an intrahepatic aneurysm of the right hepatic artery. The onset of the gastro-intestinal bleed was preceded by trauma which may have contributed to the rupture of the pre-existing aneurysm, although the documented initial injury was apparently slight. The bleeding was successfully controlled after ligation of the right hepatic artery.
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000209:etiology*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D011859:Radiography; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications