title: Chronic pancreatitis presenting with pseudocyst of pancreas and pseudo-aneurysm of hepatic artery.
abstract: A 2-y-old girl presented with recurrent abdominal pain and hematemesis. The patient was diagnosed to have chronic calcific pancreatitis complicated by pseudocyst of the head of pancreas and pseudo-aneurysm of the common hepatic artery. Diagnosis was made using abdominal ultrasonography and CT angiography. The rarity of the presentation of pseudocyst with pseudo-aneurysm formation in a pediatric patient is noted. The pseudo-aneurysm was treated by embolization of the artery and the pain being refractory to analgesics was managed by celiac plexus blockade.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Gastroenterology, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore 641004 Tamilnadu, India. venijanarthanan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Krishnaveni
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Janarthanan
authors.forename: Devanand
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balalakshmoji
authors.forename: Harshavardhan T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Sanathkumar
authors.forename: Prasanna Karthik
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Suthakaran
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*