Endovascular treatment of ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm: The importance of collateral vessels. A case report

•Ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery aneursym is a very rare but potentially catastrophic occurence in an emergency department and its treatment is challenging.•Very few cases of emergency endovascular treatment of ruptured visceral aneursyms are reported in the literature.•This case report has the...

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Published in:International journal of surgery case reports 2017-01, Vol.41, p.205-208
Main Authors: Ricci, Gabriele, Riu, Pascale, Attinà, Grazia Maria, Trombetta, Silvia, Ialongo, Pasquale, Di Cosimo, Carla, Mancuso, Rosaria, Marini, Pierluigi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aneurysm
Celiac axis stenosis
Pancreaticoduodenal artery
Retroperitoneal haemorrhage
Transcatheter arterial embolization
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Summary:•Ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery aneursym is a very rare but potentially catastrophic occurence in an emergency department and its treatment is challenging.•Very few cases of emergency endovascular treatment of ruptured visceral aneursyms are reported in the literature.•This case report has the intention to elucidate in pancreaticodudoenal artery aneursym the importance of collateral vessels that could feed the aneurysm sac even after embolization of the inflow and outflow of the aneurysm. True pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm occurrence is infrequent, but it is a fatal disease and accounts for accounts for
ISSN:2210-2612
2210-2612
DOI:10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.10.036