Intrapancreatic pseudoaneurysm causing massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage and chronic pancreatitis


PEYNİRCİOĞLU B., KARAOSMANOĞLU A. D., İDİLMAN İ. S., AKATA D., ŞİMŞEK H.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.26, no.3, pp.270-273, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/tjg.2015.6548
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.270-273
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysms of the splenic artery is a well-known complication of pancreatitis. However, to the best of our knowledge, a subcentimetric intrapancreatic pseudoaneurysm (without an associated pseudocyst) causing massive gastrointestinal bleeding and distal main pancreatic duct obstruction is a rare clinical phenomenon. Herein, we present such a unique complication with computed tomography images and subsequent successful endovascular treatment.