PMID: 15226614Jul 1, 2004Paper

Hepatic pseudoaneurysm ruptured into the jejunal limb after hepatectomy for the treatment of gall bladder carcinoma

Journal of Nippon Medical School = Nippon Ika Daigaku Zasshi
Tomohiro KandaT Kumazaki

Abstract

A 74-year-old woman with advanced carcinoma of the gall bladder underwent anterior and medial segmentectomies, extrahepatic bile duct resection, lymph node dissection, and hepaticojejunostomy with retrograde transhepatic biliary drainage. On the sixteenth postoperative day, bleeding was noted through the biliary drain, but it stopped spontaneously. Two days later, the biliary drain showed bleeding again. Ultrasonography revealed mild dilatation of the intrahepatic bile duct. Cholangiography via the drain disclosed a defect in the jejunal limb. Emergency angiography revealed an aneurysm, 2 cm in diameter, in the posterior branch of the right hepatic artery. Contrast medium demonstrated extravasation into the jejunal limb. The pseudoaneurysm was embolized with coils. No further hemorrhage was noted, and the patient was discharged 30 days after operation.

References

May 1, 1996·Annals of Vascular Surgery·C J ShanleyL M Messina
Oct 13, 2001·Journal of Nippon Medical School = Nippon Ika Daigaku Zasshi·A KatsunoT Kumazaki

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