title: Direct Needle Puncture and Embolization of Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm in Case of Chronic Atrophic Calcific Pancreatitis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gastro-Intestinal bleeding remains a frequent clinical dilemma and common cause of hospitalization, morbidity and mortality.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of pseudo aneurysm of splenic artery developed after an episode of acute on chronic pancreatitis which was treated by direct percutaneous puncture of pseudoaneurysm and embolization by coils.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aim was to preserve the main splenic artery and avoid the complications of splenic artery embolization like infarcts and abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shrivastava
authors.affiliation: Department of Intervention Radiology, Asian institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Jagadeesh Singh
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rampal
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: D Nageshwar
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Gastroenterology, Asian institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Guduru Venkat
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Rao
keywords: Embolization, Therapeutic; Pancreatitis, Chronic; Splenic Artery