Chronic pancreatitis presenting with pseudocyst of pancreas and pseudo-aneurysm of hepatic artery

Indian J Pediatr. 2012 Jul;79(7):952-4. doi: 10.1007/s12098-012-0723-y. Epub 2012 Mar 22.

Abstract

A 2-y-old girl presented with recurrent abdominal pain and hematemesis. The patient was diagnosed to have chronic calcific pancreatitis complicated by pseudocyst of the head of pancreas and pseudo-aneurysm of the common hepatic artery. Diagnosis was made using abdominal ultrasonography and CT angiography. The rarity of the presentation of pseudocyst with pseudo-aneurysm formation in a pediatric patient is noted. The pseudo-aneurysm was treated by embolization of the artery and the pain being refractory to analgesics was managed by celiac plexus blockade.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / complications
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnosis*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Hematemesis / etiology
  • Hepatic Artery / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / complications
  • Pancreatic Pseudocyst / diagnosis*
  • Pancreatitis, Chronic / complications
  • Pancreatitis, Chronic / diagnosis*