[A rare cause of obstructive jaundice: peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm].
We report the case of a 54-year-old-man with alcoholic calcified chronic pancreatitis complicated by jaundice and abdominal pain. Investigations (Doppler ultrasonography examination and computed tomography scan) showed peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm of the posterior and inferior pancreatico-duodenal artery and a dilatation of the common bile duct. Selective embolization of the pseudoaneurysm resulted in rapid regression of both jaundice and abdominal pain. Common bile diet compression is a rare complication of peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm. Selective embolization seems to be the first line treatment in this indication.
Bécheur
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Service de Gastroentérologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy.
Zins
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Lévy
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Vilgrain
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V
Menu
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Bernades
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P
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D001158:Arteries; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*