Pancreatitis-related abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysms treated with stent-grafts.
Endovascular treatment of pseudoaneurysms that develop as a complication of pancreatitis is increasingly more common. A case of a pseudoaneurysm of the abdominal aorta initially treated by implantation of a straight aortic stent-graft is presented. In the 4 months after the procedure, chronic inflammation of the retroperitoneal space caused a further perforation on the posterior wall of the aorta in the area of the bifurcation, distal to the graft. Implantation of a bifurcated stent-graft was subsequently performed. The aneurysm was excluded, with the implant and peripheral arteries remaining patent.
Department of Radiology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
Ludomir
L
Stefańczyk
Marcin T
MT
Elgalal
Jarosław
J
Chrząstek
Wojciech
W
Szubert
Jarosław
J
Czeczotka
Andrzej
A
Papiewski
Szopiński
S
Piotr
D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome