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Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm caused by chronic pancreatitis: Case report and literature review
Fengjuan Jia1, Guodong Xia2, Qingliang Zhu1
1Department of Gastroenterology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China.
Rationale:
Visceral artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of chronic pancreatitis (CP), all pancreatic or peripancreatic arteries have been reported to be involved, while hepatic artery is less common.
Patient Concerns:
This case report illustrated a 42-year-old man with CP who developed right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm (HAP), and finally he was treated with intravascular embolization.
Diagnoses:
The patient suffered from HAP due to acute attack of CP.
Interventions:
The pseudoaneurysm located in a fine branch of right hepatic artery was embolized.
Outcomes:
The HAP of the patient was cured. He had no recurrent bloody stool or abdominal pain. The symptoms gradually relieved.
Conclusion:
Herein, we report a patient with CP who developed right HAP causing infected hematoma, gastrointestinal bleeding, and obstructive jaundice, and a literature review is also presented. HAP caused by CP is a rare disease in the clinic, but rupture of pseudoaneurysm is fatal. Careful evaluation, early detection, and prompt treatment should be performed when the patient is admitted and followed up.
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