title: Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm following traumatic pancreatic transection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery Unit IV (Hepato-Biliary Pancreatic Surgery), CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632004.
authors.forename: Arpit Jacob
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: Ravish Sanghi
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Raju
authors.forename: Frederick L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mammen
authors.forename: Venkatramani
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sitaram
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joseph
mesh_terms: 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*