Successful nonoperative management of bleeding hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm following pancreaticoduodenectomy.
OBJECTIVE
To report the management of a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm presenting 35 days following a Whipple procedure.


METHODS
The case study of a patient with a bleeding pseudoaneurysm is presented.


RESULTS
Computed tomography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm which was successfully embolized.


CONCLUSIONS
Acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a pseudoaneurysm in the hepatic artery following Whipple procedure can be successfully managed with transcatheter embolization.
Aranha
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Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
O'Neil
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Borge
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D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed