title: Aortic pseudoaneurysm secondary to pancreatitis.
abstract: A patient with a pseudoaneurysm of the distal abdominal aorta, which developed as the result of complicated gallstone pancreatitis, is reported. The aorta was bypassed with an axillofemoral-femorofemoral graft; the pseudoaneurysm was resected, and the infrarenal aorta was oversewn. The patient survived a complicated postoperative course and was discharged with well-perfused lower extremities. No previous description of a pseudoaneurysm of the aorta as a complication of pancreatitis was found on review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Giles
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Pevec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*