title: [Pseudoaneurysm of the left hepatic artery as a complication of ERCP with sphincterotomy].
abstract: A pseudoaneurysm of the hepatic artery is a rare complication of interventional endoscopy or transhepatic puncture. The present case report describes a symptomatic pseudoaneurysm of the left hepatic artery following endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP). The indication was a biliary pancreatitis, and it was treated by guide-wire-sphincterotomy and extraction of sludge with a Dormia basket. A superselective angiographic embolization was not necessary because of a spontaneous thrombotic obstruction of the pseudoaneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Innere Medizin m. S. Gastroenterologie, Vivantes-Klinikum Am Urban, Berlin. uwe.gottschalk@vivantes.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.forename: D-R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic / Q000009:adverse effects*