title: Spontaneous thrombosis of a pseudoaneurysm complicating pancreatitis.
abstract: Patients with a visceral aneurysm are at high risk for acute transpapillary, intra-, or retroperitoneal hemorrhage, necessitating either surgical or endovascular therapy. We report an instance of spontaneous thrombosis of a pseudoaneurysm complicating pancreatitis before endovascular treatment could be performed. Causality and the literature of spontaneous thrombosis in pseudoaneurysms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University Hospital of Gent, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vanlangenhove
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Defreyne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunnen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed