Gastric bleeding from a penetrating pancreatic pseudocyst with pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery

Hepatogastroenterology. 2009 Sep-Oct;56(94-95):1411-3.

Abstract

The successful management of gastric bleeding from a pseudocyst with a pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery is reported here. A 62-year-old male patient was referred to our hospital with a complaint of hematomesis. On a computed tomography and an abdominal angiography, it was evident that he was actively bleeding from a splenic pseudoaneurysm caused by a pancreatic pseudocyst. A transcathetheral arterial embolization (TAE) was performed on the splenic pseudoaneurysm to control bleeding. After the TAE, we resected the pancreatic pseudocyst by distal pancreatectomy with partial gastrectomy. Gastrointestinal bleeding from a pseudoaneurysm caused by a pancreatic pseudocyst is a rare, but sometimes lethal, complication. As only conservative therapy or TAE often results in lethal re-bleeding, we propose to perform elective surgery after TAE.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / complications*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / complications*
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / surgery
  • Splenic Artery*