Percutaneous thrombin injection for the treatment of a post-pancreatitis pseudoaneurysm

Eur Radiol. 2003 Dec:13 Suppl 4:L79-82. doi: 10.1007/s00330-003-1836-5.

Abstract

Visceral artery pseudoaneurysms are often treated surgically or by transcatheter embolisation. We report a case of a pseudoaneurysm in a patient with chronic pancreatitis, which was successfully occluded by percutaneous injection of thrombin into the pseudoaneurysmal sac as a first-line management.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatitis / complications
  • Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Splenic Artery*
  • Thrombin / administration & dosage*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Thrombin