Spontaneous resolution of an inferior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to surgical drain placement

We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who was found to have an inferior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm caused by surgical drain placement during a laparotomy for an appendix abscess. She presented with pain around the drain site two months following surgery and intravenous contrast computed to...

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Autores principales: Williamson, JS, Harries, RL, Davies, G, Woodward, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons 2012
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Online Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22943319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588412X13373405384855
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description We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who was found to have an inferior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm caused by surgical drain placement during a laparotomy for an appendix abscess. She presented with pain around the drain site two months following surgery and intravenous contrast computed tomography (CT) revealed a right inferior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm. A decision was made to manage this expectantly as she remained stable with no other complications. Following a period of nine months of observation, repeat intravenous contrast CT showed evidence of spontaneous regression and thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm. She remains well and her symptoms have now resolved.
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spelling pubmed-39543592014-03-19 Spontaneous resolution of an inferior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to surgical drain placement Williamson, JS Harries, RL Davies, G Woodward, A Ann R Coll Surg Engl Online Case Report We report the case of a 73-year-old woman who was found to have an inferior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm caused by surgical drain placement during a laparotomy for an appendix abscess. She presented with pain around the drain site two months following surgery and intravenous contrast computed tomography (CT) revealed a right inferior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm. A decision was made to manage this expectantly as she remained stable with no other complications. Following a period of nine months of observation, repeat intravenous contrast CT showed evidence of spontaneous regression and thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm. She remains well and her symptoms have now resolved. Royal College of Surgeons 2012-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3954359/ /pubmed/22943319 http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588412X13373405384855 Text en Copyright © 2013 Royal College of Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Spontaneous resolution of an inferior epigastric artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to surgical drain placement
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