Open AccessInferior pancreaticoduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm in a patient with calculous cholecystitis: A case report
Author(s) -
Qingdong Xu,
Song-Gang Gu,
Jiahong Liang,
Shaodong Zheng,
Zhihua Lin,
Peidong Zhang,
Yan Jiang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i18.2851
Subject(s) - medicine , pseudoaneurysm , radiology , surgery , hematochezia , percutaneous , superior mesenteric artery , cholecystectomy , embolization , abdominal pain , laparotomy , complication , cholecystitis , gallbladder , colonoscopy , colorectal cancer , cancer
Pancreaticoduodenal artery (PDA) aneurysms are extremely rare. The complicated clinical presentations and high incidence of rupture make it difficult to diagnose and treat. PDA pseudoaneurysms often rupture into the gastrointestinal tract and result in life-threatening gastrointestinal hemorrhage.