[Large intestine bleeding caused by the lienal artery pseudoaneurysm rupture complicating a pancreatic pseudocyst].
Bleeding pseudoaneurysm of a peripancreatic artery is a rare cause of gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Arterial pseudoaneurysm develops as a result of partial enzymatic damage of arterial wall in acute or chronic pancreatitis. The authors report the case of a 60-years old man with bleeding into the lienal flexure of the colon due to the erosion of the pseudoaneurysm of a branch of splenic artery into the pancreatic pseudocyst in the tail region of the pancreas communicating with the colon. The diagnosis was established by CT-scan and angiography. The patient underwent surgery with the ligation of the bleeding vessel and the resection of the part of the colon.
Chirurgické oddelení, Nemocnice Kyjov. mkalavsky@gmail.com
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D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging