1. Therapeutic angiography for giant bleeding gastro-duodenal artery pseudoaneurysm
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Noam Shussman, Avraham Schlager, Allan I. Bloom, Mahmoud Abu-Gazala, Avraham I. Rivkind, and Ram Elazary
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Risk ,Peptic Ulcer ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Gastrointestinal bleeding ,Adolescent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Case Report ,Omentopexy ,Pseudoaneurysm ,Postoperative Complications ,Aneurysm ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Embolization ,Digestive System Surgical Procedures ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Angiography ,Gastroenterology ,Interventional radiology ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Embolization, Therapeutic ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,cardiovascular system ,Female ,Radiology ,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ,business ,Aneurysm, False ,Artery - Abstract
We present the case of an 18-year-old female transferred to our center from an outside hospital due to persistent gastrointestinal bleeding. Two weeks prior to her transfer she underwent duodenal omentopexy for a perforated duodenal peptic ulcer. The patient underwent a computed tomography angiogram which identified the source of bleeding as a giant gastro-duodenal artery (GDA) pseudoaneurysm. The patient was taken to interventional radiology where successful microcoil embolization was performed. We present this rare case of a giant GDA pseudoaneurysm together with imaging and a review of the medical literature regarding prevalence, etiology and treatment options for visceral arterial aneurysms.
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- 2010
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