Pseudoaneurysm of gastroduodenal artery and pulmonary embolism: rare co-incidence of two complications of pancreatitis

Ioanna Konstantina Sgantzou; Athina A Samara; Alexandros Diamantis; Georgios P Karagiorgas; Dimitrios Zacharoulis; Christos Rountas

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjz407

Pseudoaneurysm of gastroduodenal artery and pulmonary embolism: rare co-incidence of two complications of pancreatitis

J Surg Case Rep. 2020 Feb 21;2020(2):rjz407. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjz407. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Ioanna Konstantina Sgantzou¹, Athina A Samara², Alexandros Diamantis², Georgios P Karagiorgas¹, Dimitrios Zacharoulis², Christos Rountas¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.
² Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Greece.

Abstract

Preventing and curing complications of acute and chronic pancreatitis, which may be local or systemic, remains a challenge. Pseudocysts and walled-off pancreatic necrosis are two local complications that most frequently require surgical intervention. Two rare complications of pancreatitis are pseudoaneurysms and pulmonary embolism. Angiographic embolization can be the treatment of choice for pseudoaneurysms, while for pulmonary embolism apart from anticoagulation treatment, the optional inferior vena cava filter placement could be useful. As far as we know, in literature, these complications of pancreatitis have never been reported simultaneously yet.

Keywords: angiographic embolization; complications; pancreatitis; pseudoaneurysm; pseudoaneurysm of gastroduodenal artery; pulmonary embolism.

Publication types

Case Reports