[Hemobilia secondary to a broken pseudoaneurysm: case report]

Flor Beltrán V1, Alan Castillo E1, Heli Hidalgo A2

  • 1Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Nacional PNP Luis N. Saenz. Lima, Perú.

A patient presents with abdominal pain associated with jaundice and upper gastrointestinal bleeding (hematochezia, melena) caused by hemobilia secondary to rupture of pseudoaneurysm of a branch of the right hepatic artery. The diagnosis was made by upper endoscopy, performing arteriography with selective embolization ceased bleeding.

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