Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm following traumatic pancreatic transection.
A 24-year-old man presented to us 10 days after suffering blunt trauma to the abdomen. He was diagnosed with pancreatic transection and underwent distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy. Two weeks after the operation, he developed intra-abdominal haemorrhage. Selective visceral angiogram revealed left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm, which had embolised. His recovery was uneventful. To our knowledge, ruptured left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm following pancreatic trauma, has not been reported before. In this article, we discuss some vascular complications of pancreatic trauma.
Mathew
Arpit Jacob
AJ
Department of General Surgery Unit IV (Hepato-Biliary Pancreatic Surgery), CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004.
Raju
Ravish Sanghi
RS
Vyas
Frederick L
FL
Mammen
Thomas
T
Sitaram
Venkatramani
V
Joseph
Philip
P
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000293:injuries*; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*