Peynircioğlu Bora, Karaosmanoğlu Ali Devrim, İdilman İlkay S, Akata Deniz, Şimşek Halis
Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Turk J Gastroenterol. 2015 May;26(3):270-3. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2015.6548.
Pseudoaneurysms of the splenic artery is a well-known complication of pancreatitis. However, to the best of our knowledge, a subcentimetric intrapancreatic pseudoaneurysm (without an associated pseudocyst) causing massive gastrointestinal bleeding and distal main pancreatic duct obstruction is a rare clinical phenomenon. Herein, we present such a unique complication with computed tomography images and subsequent successful endovascular treatment.