Superior mesenteric artery stent-graft placement in a patient with pseudoaneurysm developing from a pancreatic pseudocyst

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2004 Jan-Feb;27(1):68-70. doi: 10.1007/s00270-003-2727-5.

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysm is a relatively rare but serious complication of pancreatitis which is often fatal. We report successful stent-graft placement in the superior mesenteric artery in a 45-year-old man with a pancreatic pseudocyst that grew during therapy for chronic pancreatitis and developed into a pseudoaneurysm. After a stent graft was inserted in the superior mesenteric artery, the pseudoaneurysm disappeared and no further complications developed. Stentgraft placement was considered to be a useful therapy for pseudoaneurysms in the superior mesenteric arterial region.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Chronic Disease
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / pathology*
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / transplantation*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / complications*
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / surgery*
  • Pancreatitis / complications
  • Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatitis / surgery
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed