Superior mesenteric artery stent-graft placement in a patient with pseudoaneurysm developing from a pancreatic pseudocyst.
Pseudoaneurysm is a relatively rare but serious complication of pancreatitis which is often fatal. We report successful stent-graft placement in the superior mesenteric artery in a 45-year-old man with a pancreatic pseudocyst that grew during therapy for chronic pancreatitis and developed into a pseudoaneurysm. After a stent graft was inserted in the superior mesenteric artery, the pseudoaneurysm disappeared and no further complications developed. Stentgraft placement was considered to be a useful therapy for pseudoaneurysms in the superior mesenteric arterial region.
Ogino
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Department of Radiology, Nagoya City University School of Medicine 1, Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan. ogino@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
Banno
T
T
Sato
Y
Y
Hara
M
M
Shibamoto
Y
Y
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed