Embolotherapy for Gastric Variceal Bleeding from Pseudoaneurysm of Short Gastric Artery: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.2008.59.6.381
- Author:
Jae Han YANG
1
;
Young Dae KIM
;
Dong Hyun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Korea. radkdh@chosun.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pancreatitis;
Aneurysm, false;
Esophageal and gastric varices;
Embolization, therapeutic
- MeSH:
Abscess;
Aneurysm, False;
Arteries;
Embolization, Therapeutic;
Esophageal and Gastric Varices;
Hemorrhage;
Pancreatitis;
Splenic Vein
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2008;59(6):381-384
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The complications of pancreatitis, such as pseudocyst or abscesses, are well known to radiologists. Yet formation of a pseudoaneurysm of the short gastric artery is an uncommon complication of acute pancreatitis. It is also very rare for a psuedoaneurysm of the short gastric artery to cause splenic vein occlusion and the final result is gastric varices. We report here on a case that showed the dramatic effect of embolotherapy for a pseudoaneurysm of the short gastric artery that caused gastric variceal bleeding.
