Background. Pancreaticoduodenectomy is the potentially curative treatment for malignant and several benign conditions of the pancreatic head and periampullary region. While performing pancreaticoduodenectomy, early neck division may be impossible or inadequate in case of hepatic artery anatomic variants, suspected involvement of the superior mesenteric vessels, intraductal papillary mucinous ne...

Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysms (HAP) after liver transplantation are rare and associated with high mortality. Different treatment options exist for HAP, which include surgical intervention, radiological coil embolization or stenting retransplantation. We describe a case of patient presenting HAP transplantion, that was successfully treated stent grafting, allowing preservation the arterial flow...

aneurysm can develop in all arteries of the human body. pseudoaneurysm induced by trauma is known as a rare condition in peripheral arteries. this complication is known as late sequelae of trauma. the incidence of pseudoaneurysm in upper extremities artery is less than lower extremities. atherosclerotic aneurysms are often seen in large arteries and by aging, but pseudoaneurysm can be seen in p...

Cystic artery pseudo aneurysm is a rare clinical entity, mostly occurring as complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy or following calculus cholecystitis. Patient presents with acute symptoms including upper gastro intestinal bleeding symptoms, abdominal pain and jaundice, the triad termed Quincke's triad, when there ruptured cystic pseudoaneurysm (CAP). Unruptured cases are diagnosed incid...

A 78-year-old woman was admitted with benign biliary stenosis. A plastic stent was placed at the left branch to prevent obstructive cholangitis. Two weeks after the procedure, the patient was readmitted with cholangitis caused by hemobilia. However, computed tomography (CT), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), peroral cholangioscopy, and abdominal angiography failed to establ...

BACKGROUND Unintended perfusion of the gastroduodenum may complicate hepatic arterial chemotherapy leading to mucosal ulceration. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a review of 233 consecutive hepatic artery catheters placed, 61 patients were investigated for chemotherapy-related epigastric pain. Investigations included catheter imaging, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with methylene blue injection via...

A 65-year-old man was admitted to hospital due to severe acute biliary pancreatitis with colangitis. An endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography was performed with sphincterotomy and extraction of multiple choledocholithiasis. A CT scan performed a week later due to persistent sepsis revealed a round lesion occupying hepatic segments V–VIII, with intense contrast uptake in the arterial ph...

dissection of the vertebral artery is an important but rare cause of cerebrovascular accidents. here we report a 48-year-old man with toothache since 4 days before who presented to the emergency department with neck pain and final diagnosis of dissecting right vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm. to our knowledge, this maybe the first report of odontogenic pain as the first manifestation of vertebr...

objective: to determine the risk factors, clinical characteristics, surgical management and outcome of pseudoaneurysm secondary to iatrogenic or traumatic vascular injury. m et h o d s : this was a cross-sectional study being performed in department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery skims soura during a 4-year period. we included all the patients referring to our center with primary diagno...

Visceral pseudoaneurysm is a rare but well-described omplication of pancreatitis1,2 caused by the autodigestive unction of pancreatic enzymes.3 The splenic, gastroduoenal, pancreaticoduodenal, and hepatic arteries are most ommonly affected.2,4 Pseudoaneurysms require active anagement because of the high complication and morality rates associated with rupture.2,5 Traditional treatment ptions inc...