title: Pancreatitis-associated pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery presenting as lower gastrointestinal bleeding: treatment with transcatheter embolisation.
abstract: Pancreatitis is a known cause of pseudoaneurysms of the peripancreatic arteries, which can rarely rupture into various adjacent structures and become a source of life-threatening bleeding. The management is challenging and requires an individualised approach and multidisciplinary care. Herein, we present the case of a 24-year-old man in whom a splenic pseudoaneurysm ruptured into the adjacent infected pseudocyst, communicating with the colon by a fistulous tract, causing massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding. This was successfully managed by transcatheter arterial embolisation (TAE).
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Bedros
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taslakian
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalife
authors.forename: Walid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Faraj
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haydar
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002404:Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D013157:Splenic Artery; D055815:Young Adult