title: Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm; a rare complication of amoebic liver abscess.
abstract: Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm (HAP) is an infrequently encountered entity, usually seen secondary to blunt or penetrating trauma. The clinical presentation is often due to complications such as intrahepatic or intraperitoneal bleeding as a result of rupture of the pseudoaneurysm. Diagnosis is frequently delayed and made by splanchnic angiography. HAP associated with a liver abscess, has very rarely been described in the literature. We report the case of a 50-year-old man with amoebic liver abscess and right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm which was suspected on high resolution contrast-enhanced abdominal computer tomography (CT). The lesion was confirmed by arteriography and treated prophylactically with transcatheteter embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sugery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: Anam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Khawaja Muhammad Inam
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Hussain Ijaz
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001027:Aortography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome