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Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with massive rectal bleeding

Splenic artery pseudoaneursym is relatively rare and its rupture is usually fatal. We report a case of a 48-year-old male with 2 prior episodes of alcoholic pancreatitis that presented with massive per rectal bleeding from rupture of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm into the transverse colon. Gold st...

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Autores principales: Abdul, Rishard, Teelucksingh, Sachin, Omar, Michael, Chan Chow, Andrew, Boppana, Leela Krishna Teja, Goli, Sanjeeva, Naraynsingh, Vijay, Teelucksingh, Surujpal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6462799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31011381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2019.03.038
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Sumario:Splenic artery pseudoaneursym is relatively rare and its rupture is usually fatal. We report a case of a 48-year-old male with 2 prior episodes of alcoholic pancreatitis that presented with massive per rectal bleeding from rupture of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm into the transverse colon. Gold standard of diagnosis is CT angiography of the abdomen. We present the first case in the literature where a diagnosis has been made with noncontrast CT of the abdomen and described the radiologic features that facilitated this diagnosis.