Inferior phrenic artery pseudoaneurysm complicating drug-induced acute pancreatitis. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Inferior phrenic artery (IPA) pseudoaneurysm is an extremely rare complication of chronic pancreatitis with only three cases reported in the literature so far. It is a serious condition that can be life-threatening if not diagnosed promptly. Recent advances in endovascular interventions made angiography with embolisation the modality of choice for diagnosis and treatment. We presented the first report of a case of ruptured IPA pseudoaneurysm complicating a drug-induced acute pancreatitis that was successfully treated by transcatheter arterial embolisation. Despite its rarity, rupture of pseudoaneurysm due to drug-induced pancreatitis should be suspected and included in the differential diagnosis when associated with haemodynamic instability.

publication date

  • January 2, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Aneurysm, False
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured
  • Asparaginase
  • Diaphragm
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell
  • Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3902319

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84907626906

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1136/bcr-2013-201049

PubMed ID

  • 24385392

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 2014