Fukatsu K, Ueda K, Maeda H, Yamashita Y, Itonaga M, Mori Y, Moribata K, Shingaki N, Deguchi H, Enomoto S, Inoue I, Maekita T, Iguchi M, Tamai H, Kato J, Ichinose M. A case of chronic pancreatitis in which endoscopic ultrasonography was effective in the diagnosis of a pseudoaneurysm. World J Gastrointest Endosc 2012; 4(7): 335-338 [PMID: 22816016 DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v4.i7.335]
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Kazuki Ueda, MD, PhD, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama City, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan. kaz-ueda@wakayama-med.ac.jp
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Kazuhiro Fukatsu, Kazuki Ueda, Hiroki Maeda, Yasunobu Yamashita, Masahiro Itonaga, Yoshiyuki Mori, Kosaku Moribata, Naoki Shingaki, Hisanobu Deguchi, Shotaro Enomoto, Izumi Inoue, Takao Maekita, Mikitaka Iguchi, Hideyuki Tamai, Jun Kato, Masao Ichinose, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama City, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan
Author contributions: Fukatsu K and Ueda K contributed equally to the writing of the manuscript; the other authors contributed equally to the critical review of the article.
Correspondence to: Kazuki Ueda, MD, PhD, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama City, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan. kaz-ueda@wakayama-med.ac.jp
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Received: October 4, 2011 Revised: April 26, 2012 Accepted: May 27, 2012 Published online: July 16, 2012
Abstract
Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) was performed on a patient being treated for chronic pancreatitis because a submucosal tumor was observed in the stomach during gastrointestinal endoscopy. As internal pulsatile blood flow on Doppler was present, the diagnosis of an aneurysm was made. The pseudoaneurysm of the left gastric artery was embolized with histoacryl and lipiodol and the splenic artery was embolized with coils at the location of the pseudoaneurysm to prevent hemorrhage. Follow up EUS confirmed the cessation of blood flow from the pseudoaneurysm. Clinicians encountering a gastric submucosal tumor-like protrusion in a patient with chronic pancreatitis should use EUS to investigate the possibility of a pseudoaneurysm, which must be treated as quickly as possible once identified.
