Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is a common and safe procedure. We present a rare case of PEG tube placement complicated by visceral pseudoaneurysm formation with associated recurrent hemorrhage. A 71-year-old obese male on chronic anticoagulation presented with a cerebral hemorrhage. He ultimately underwent PEG tube placement with the “pull” technique. Over the subsequ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the etiology, management and outcome of iliac pseudoaneurysms following renal transplantation. METHODS Eleven patients who underwent repair between 1982 and 2007 were identified. Five (Group 1) presented pseudoaneurysm at the anastomosis of the donor renal and native iliac arteries, and six (Group 2) presented iliac pseudoaneurysm following transplant nephrectomy. Intraop...

We present a case of successful surgical resection of a giant left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm that developed 5 yr after mitral valve replacement (MVR). A 59-yr-old female was admitted with exertional chest pain radiating to left arm and back. 64-slice multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) revealed significant stenosis on the ostium of the first diagonal branch of the left anterior desce...

Materials and methods Female, 76 y.o., with coronary desease, had undergone coronarography at another hospital. She came to our attention a month later, for suspected deep venous thrombosis of the right leg; we performed an Eco-colorDoppler on her, that showed a pseudoaneurysm of the common femoral artery, sized 4,5 mm x 3,4 mm (see Figure 1). The pseudoaneurysm was treated with ultrasound-guid...

OBJECTIVE We report a rare but serious case of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage from hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION An 11-year-old child with a history of hepatic trauma 6 months before was admitted for hematemesis and melena. Repeat ultrasound examination showed a 3.6 × 2.8 cm anechoic area with clear border in the right hepatic lobe. Selective angiogr...

We report a case of a radial artery pseudoaneurysm complicating a single arterial puncture for blood-gas analysis that was treated with excision of pseudoaneurysm and suture of the defect of wall of radial artery. The puncture for continuous blood pressure monitoring and serial blood gas analysis have been reported in critically ill patients, but, to the best of our knowledge, there are no case...

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Pseudoaneurysms of the ascending aorta, which are rare and life-threatening complications in cardiovascular surgeries, can be caused by the Bentall procedure. We describe a 44-year-old woman, who had a medical history of acute aortic dissection (Type A) and the Bentall procedure and was admitted because of exertional dyspnea, edema of the lower extremities, ascites, and holosystolic murmur in t...

Saphenous vein bypass pseudoaneurysm is rare but fatal complication after coronary bypass surgery. Pseudoaneurysm is managed either with a surgical or percutaneous approach. This patient underwent quadruple coronary artery bypass grafting 10 years earlier and was referred for recurrence of angina. Coronary and graft angiography revealed a pseudoaneurysm in the saphenous vein graft supplying the...

Pseudoaneurysms of the internal iliac artery are uncommon and are usually associated with trauma. We report the case of a 32-year-old man with a 15-day history of trauma to the abdomen and edema of the lower left limb. An arteriogram demonstrated proximal occlusion of the popliteal artery and a pseudoaneurysm in the internal iliac artery. Embolization of the pseudoaneurysm was performed using s...