Thrombin injection of a pancreaticoduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm after failed attempts at transcatheter embolization.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a case of a pseudoaneurysm of the pancreaticoduodenal artery in a patient with history of cholecystectomy and chronic pancreatitis. Attempts at transcatheter coil embolotherapy failed because of vessel tortuosity. The lesion was then successfully treated by computed tomography-guided direct percutaneous injection of thrombin into the pseudoaneurysm. This technique may be a first line of treatment or a useful adjunct to transcatheter embolization technique.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Duodenum
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Pancreas
- Thrombin