Transcatheter embolization of splenic artery pseudo-aneurysm rupturing into colon after post-operative pancreatitis.
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).
Iwama
Yuki
Y
Department of Radiology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo-ken 650-0017, Japan.
Sugimoto
Koji
K
Zamora
Carlos A
CA
Yamaguchi
Masato
M
Tsurusaki
Masakatsu
M
Taniguchi
Takanori
T
Mori
Takeki
T
Sugimura
Kazuro
K
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