European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (Aug 2019)

Spontaneous Rupture of a Pseudoaneurysm of the Right Hepatic Artery Causing Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

  • Abuajela Sreh,
  • Muhammad Hafiz Kamarul Bahrin,
  • Muhammad Bin Farid,
  • Kiran Verma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12890/2019_001242

Abstract

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We describe the case of an 84-year-old woman who presented with right lower chest pain, anaemia and newly deranged liver function which was followed by massive upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding with no source of bleeding found on upper GI endoscopy. CT angiography of the GI tract confirmed rupture of a pseudoaneurysm of the right hepatic artery (RHA) that was treated successfully with trans-arterial embolization of the RHA.

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