title: Diagnosis and management of ileocolic pseudoaneurysms.
abstract: Ileocolic pseudoaneurysmal disease is a rare splanchnic aneurysm that affects 3 out of 100 000 patients, and only 7 cases have been described in the past 40 years in patients without preexisting connective tissue disorders. Abdominal pain is the most common presenting symptom and nearly 30% of patients present with hemorrhage. Ileocolic pseudoaneurysms are diagnosed by contrasted computed tomography scans and verified by arteriography. We present a case report and review of the literature in which a patient was initially managed by coil embolization, followed by laparotomy and suture ligation due to pseudoaneurysm rupture.
authors: Duke University Medical Center, 3443 Durham, NC 27710, USA. sapan.desai@surgisphere.com
authors: Sapan S
authors: SS
authors: Desai
authors: Anahita
authors: A
authors: Dua
authors: Cynthia K
authors: CK
authors: Shortell
authors: Julie K
authors: JK
authors: Thacker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed