Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm following laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Caroline A Yao1, Tracey D Arnell
1Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA. cay2102@columbia.edu
American Journal of Surgery
|January 28, 2010
Abstract:
Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare and potentially fatal complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy that often presents with abdominal pain, anemia, hemobilia, and liver function elevations. The authors report a case of hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm diagnosed by abdominal computed topography in a 54-year-old man who had undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy the previous month. Definitive treatment was angiography with embolization.