Pseudoaneurysm of gastroduodenal artery following radical gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma patients.
We report a rare case of postoperative pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery following radical gastrectomy. Surgical trauma to the gastroduodenal artery during regional lymphadenectomy was considered as the cause of the postoperative pseudoaneurysm. The pseudoaneurysm was successfully managed by ligating the bleeding vessel. We should consider the possibility of pseudoaneurysm formation in a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding in the postoperative period following radical gastrectomy with regional lymph node and perivascular lymphatic dissection.
Kim
Dong Yi
DY
Division of Gatroenterologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. dockim@chonnam.ac.kr
Joo
Jae Kyoon
JK
Ryu
Seong Yeob
SY
Kim
Young Jin
YJ
Kim
Shin Kon
SK
Jung
Yong Yeon
YY
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors