title: Transcatheter embolization of splenic artery pseudo-aneurysm rupturing into colon after post-operative pancreatitis.
abstract: Splenic pseudoaneurysms following chronic pancreatitis can rarely become a source of life-threatening bleeding by rupturing into various regions or components, including pseudocysts, the abdominal cavity, the gastrointestinal tract, and the pancreatic duct. In such cases, prompt diagnosis and therapy are warranted. We report herein the case of a 52-year-old man in whom a splenic pseudoaneurysm ruptured into the colon via a fistula with an abscess cavity, causing massive bleeding, which was successfully managed by trans-catheter arterial embolization (TAE).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo-ken 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwama
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsurusaki
authors.forename: Takanori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Takeki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Kazuro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimura
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D003106:Colon; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012421:Rupture; D013157:Splenic Artery