Percutaneous N-Butyl-Cyanoacrylate Embolization for Treating Ruptured Pancreaticoduodenal Aneurysm: A Case Report

Medicina (Kaunas). 2022 Sep 21;58(10):1320. doi: 10.3390/medicina58101320.

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms are rare visceral artery aneurysms. Interventional treatments, including transcatheter embolization, have an acceptable success rate. We report a case of ruptured pancreaticoduodenal aneurysm that was successfully treated with percutaneous N-Butyl-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) embolization after failed transcatheter embolization. Materials and Methods: A 53-year-old man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a ruptured aneurysm in the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery (IPDA) with retrohemoperitoneum. The patient underwent percutaneous NBCA embolization after transcatheter embolization failure. Results: On CT, the pancreaticoduodenal aneurysm was completely embolized. No additional bleeding events occurred. Conclusions: Percutaneous NBCA embolization is safe and effective for treating patients with ruptured pancreaticoduodenal aneurysms after failed transcatheter embolization.

Keywords: NBCA; aneurysm; embolization; pancreaticoduodenal artery; percutaneous.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / complications
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured* / therapy
  • Arteries
  • Embolization, Therapeutic* / methods
  • Enbucrilate* / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreas

Substances

  • Enbucrilate