title: Percutaneous ultrasound-guided thrombin injection as first-line treatment of pancreatic pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
authors.forename: Aoife
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McErlean
authors.forename: Seamus
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Looby
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000681:Amylases; D013917:Thrombin