Endovascular coil embolization of a pancreatic pseudoaneurysm in a child with pancreatitis

Pediatr Surg Int. 2015 Dec;31(12):1195-8. doi: 10.1007/s00383-015-3801-1. Epub 2015 Oct 17.

Abstract

Pancreatic pseudoaneurysm is a rare but potentially fatal complication in pancreatitis; however, the incidence in children is not well established. Surgery has been the mainstay of treatment; however, we report a case of PSA associated with pancreatitis in a 6-year-old boy, which was successfully managed endovascularly.

Keywords: Coil embolization; Endovascular; Pancreatic pseudocyst; Pancreatitis; Pseudoaneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / complications*
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Child
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreas / diagnostic imaging
  • Pancreatitis / complications*
  • Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome