Demographics, treatment choices, angiographic outcomes, and follow-up information of 5 patients with hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm
Case | Age | Presentation | Cause | Treatment | Angiographic outcome | Follow-up CT (mo) |
Clinical follow-up results |
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1 | 84 | Haemobilia | Chronic cholecystitis | Coil embolization of parent artery | Success | No | Death due to sepsis 4 mo after index procedure |
2 | 92 | Haemobilia | Acute cholangitis | NBCA embolization of the lesion | Success | No | Survival during 12 mo of follow-up |
3 | 73 | Hemoperitoneum | Post Whipple operation | Flow diverter with covered stents | Success | 9 | No recurrence with preserved parent artery |
4 | 76 | Hemoperitoneum | Post Whipple operation | Stent-assisted coiling (1st); coil embolization (2nd); flow diverter and covered stents (3rd) | Success | 7 | No recurrence with preserved parent artery |
5 | 60 | Haemobilia | Neuroendocrine tumor with multiple hepatic metastasis | Coil embolization of the lesion | Success | No | Death due to malignancy 4 mo after index procedure |
All the patients are males. Angiographically success is defined as complete obliteration of the pseudoaneurysm on post treatment angiogram [7].
NBCA, N-butyl cyanoacrylate; CT, computed tomography.