Hemobilia in a child due to right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: multidetector-row computed tomography demonstration

Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2011 Mar-Apr;17(2):152-4. doi: 10.4103/1319-3767.77250.

Abstract

We present a case of a 12-year-old boy who developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding in the form of hematemesis and melena 1 month after blunt trauma to liver. Computed tomography (CT) angiography with multidetector-row CT demonstrated pseudoaneurysm of right hepatic artery related to old liver laceration to be the cause of the bleeding. Pseudoaneurysm was resected using the roadmap provided by CT angiography findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / complications*
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
  • Angiography
  • Child
  • Hemobilia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hemobilia / etiology*
  • Hepatic Artery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*