Non-traumatic right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: an unusual cause of hemobilia and obstructive jaundice.
Most hepatic artery pseudoaneurysms (HAPA) are post traumatic, and non-traumatic pseudoaneurysm is rarely reported. It is a potentially life threatening vascular disorder and difficult to diagnose before rupture. Early diagnosis and prompt nonoperative intervention of this lesion could be life saving. The authors report the case of a patient with hemobilia caused by ruptured right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm and subsequently developed right hepatic duct stricture, which has not been reported previously. This patient was successfully treated with endovascular stent graft of pseudoaneurysm and endoscopic stenting of right hepatic duct stricture.
Alvi
Abdul Rehman
AR
Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, P.O. Box. 3500, Karachi-74800. rehman.alvi@aku.edu
Bibi
Shahida
S
Zia-ur-Rehman
Khan
Salma
S
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000209:etiology*; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D041781:Jaundice, Obstructive / Q000209:etiology*