Peptic erosion of the cystic artery with massive duodenal hemorrhage: therapeutic embolization

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1988 Oct;11(5):278-80. doi: 10.1007/BF02577035.

Abstract

Two patients with massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to duodenal ulceration underwent visceral angiography. In both cases there was extravasation of contrast from the cystic artery directly into the duodenal lumen. Selective transcatheter embolization of the right hepatic artery was performed in each patient, and in both cases, hemorrhage was controlled. Transcatheter embolization is introduced as an effective therapeutic measure in this unusual entity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arteries
  • Duodenal Ulcer / complications
  • Duodenal Ulcer / diagnostic imaging*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Gallbladder / blood supply*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Hepatic Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / complications
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / diagnostic imaging
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / therapy*
  • Radiography