Coil embolization of a ruptured gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with hemosuccus pancreaticus

Naveed U. Saqib, MD, FACS; Hunter M. Ray, MD; Zain Al Rstum, MD; Joseph J. DuBose, MD; Ali Azizzadeh, MD; Hazim J. Safi, MD, FACS

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Mar 2020)

Coil embolization of a ruptured gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with hemosuccus pancreaticus

Naveed U. Saqib, MD, FACS,
Hunter M. Ray, MD,
Zain Al Rstum, MD,
Joseph J. DuBose, MD,
Ali Azizzadeh, MD,
Hazim J. Safi, MD, FACS

Affiliations

Naveed U. Saqib, MD, FACS: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Tex; Correspondence: Naveed U. Saqib, MD, FACS, Associate Professor, Vascular Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, 6400 Fannin St, Ste 2850, Houston, TX 77030
Hunter M. Ray, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Tex
Zain Al Rstum, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Tex
Joseph J. DuBose, MD: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md
Ali Azizzadeh, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif
Hazim J. Safi, MD, FACS: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Tex

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 67 – 70

Abstract

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Hemosuccus pancreaticus is a rare form of upper gastrointestinal bleeding that accounts for roughly 1 in 1500 cases. It is characterized by hemorrhage from the ampulla of Vater secondary to rupture of a peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm or visceral artery pseudoaneurysm. Among the visceral artery pseudoaneurysms, gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysms are among the rarest. In this case report, we describe a successful coil embolization of a large ruptured gastroduodenal pseudoaneurysm in a patient with massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Keywords: Hemosuccus pancreaticus, Visceral artery pseudoaneurysms, coil embolization

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
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