Gigantic Ruptured Aneurysm of the Gastroduodenal Artery Successfully Treated by Coiling

An Tuyet Nguyen; Ruben Juhl Jensen; Brian Lindegaard Pedersen

doi:10.1016/j.ejvssr.2019.08.001

Gigantic Ruptured Aneurysm of the Gastroduodenal Artery Successfully Treated by Coiling

EJVES Short Rep. 2019 Sep 17:45:10-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvssr.2019.08.001. eCollection 2019.

Authors

An Tuyet Nguyen¹, Ruben Juhl Jensen², Brian Lindegaard Pedersen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Interventional Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Introduction: Visceral aneurysms are rare and a life threatening condition in the case of rupture.

Report: A 78 year old woman presented with sudden brief loss of consciousness and complained of abdominal tenderness on examination. Computed tomography revealed a gigantic 100 × 130 × 200 mm ruptured true aneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery, which was successfully treated by endovascular coiling. Post-operative observation was uneventful and the six week follow up duplex ultrasound confirmed absence of luminal flow in the aneurysm.

Discussion: The treatment threshold of visceral aneurysms and treatment modalities are reviewed.

Keywords: Embolisation; Gastroduodenal; Rupture; Treatment; Visceral aneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports