Pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm--a life-threatening cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage: case report and review of the literature.
Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by erosion of a pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm in patients with pancreatitis is a rare but potentially life threatening disease. In this case report, the successful treatment of a patient bleeding from a ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm is described. A review of the literature of reported cases discusses the value of early angiographic intervention in patients with unexplained gastrointestinal hemorrhage and suspected rupture of an aneurysm.
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Medizinische Kernklinik und Poliklinik, Universitatskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Buggisch
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Nicolas
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Maas
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D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D015641:Radiography, Interventional