Spontaneous thrombosis of a pseudoaneurysm complicating pancreatitis

Abdom Imaging. 1999 Sep-Oct;24(5):491-3. doi: 10.1007/s002619900546.

Abstract

Patients with a visceral aneurysm are at high risk for acute transpapillary, intra-, or retroperitoneal hemorrhage, necessitating either surgical or endovascular therapy. We report an instance of spontaneous thrombosis of a pseudoaneurysm complicating pancreatitis before endovascular treatment could be performed. Causality and the literature of spontaneous thrombosis in pseudoaneurysms are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, False / complications*
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy
  • Angiography
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / complications
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / surgery
  • Pancreatitis / complications*
  • Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatitis / surgery
  • Splenic Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Thrombosis / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed