Percutaneous ultrasound-guided thrombin injection as first-line treatment of pancreatic pseudoaneurysm.
Pancreatic pseudoaneurysms are a rare but potentially fatal complication of pancreatitis. Surgical intervention and transcatheter embolization are not always feasible therapeutic options. In this report we present a case of a pseudoaneurysm secondary to pancreatitis which, despite being angiographically invisible, was successfully embolized with a single ultrasound-guided percutaneous injection of thrombin.
McErlean
Aoife
A
Department of Radiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Looby
Seamus
S
Lee
Michael J
MJ
D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply*; D013917:Thrombin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018617:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
D000681:Amylases; D013917:Thrombin