Non-traumatic right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: an unusual cause of hemobilia and obstructive jaundice
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Abdul Rehman, Alvi; Shahida, Bibi; Zia-ur-Rehman; Salma, Khan
- Source
- Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP. 19(12)
- Subject
- Adult
Jaundice, Obstructive
Hepatic Artery
Hemobilia
Humans
Female
Hepatic Duct, Common
Constriction, Pathologic
Aneurysm, False
- Language
- ISSN
- 1022-386X
Most hepatic artery pseudoaneurysms (HAPA) are post traumatic, and non-traumatic pseudoaneurysm is rarely reported. It is a potentially life threatening vascular disorder and difficult to diagnose before rupture. Early diagnosis and prompt nonoperative intervention of this lesion could be life saving. The authors report the case of a patient with hemobilia caused by ruptured right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm and subsequently developed right hepatic duct stricture, which has not been reported previously. This patient was successfully treated with endovascular stent graft of pseudoaneurysm and endoscopic stenting of right hepatic duct stricture.