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Delayed rupture of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm after biliopancreatic diversion.

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Upadhyaya, PK; Chava, S; Bin-Sangheer, S; Sudan, R; Mittal, SK; Cemaj, S
Published in: Obes Surg
July 2008

Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm (SAP) is a known but rare complication of pancreatitis and blunt abdominal trauma. SAP caused by operative trauma has been rarely reported. We present a patient who presented with massive upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed in shock. On exploratory laparotomy, a SAP was diagnosed. He must have sustained injury to his splenic artery while undergoing reinforcement of sleeve gastrectomy during an open biliary pancreatic diversion procedure 2 years back. Alternatively, the prolene suture might have eroded into the splenic artery to cause the SAP. Literature on iatrogenic SAP is reviewed. SAP should be considered in patients with history of foregut surgery with GI bleed and equivocal endoscopic findings.

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Obes Surg

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ISSN

0960-8923

Publication Date

July 2008

Volume

18

Issue

7

Start / End Page

890 / 892

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Surgery
  • Splenic Artery
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Biliopancreatic Diversion
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured
  • Aneurysm, False
 

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Upadhyaya, P. K., Chava, S., Bin-Sangheer, S., Sudan, R., Mittal, S. K., & Cemaj, S. (2008). Delayed rupture of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm after biliopancreatic diversion. Obes Surg, 18(7), 890–892. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-007-9411-9
Upadhyaya, Prashant K., Soujanya Chava, Syed Bin-Sangheer, Ranjan Sudan, Sumeet K. Mittal, and Samuel Cemaj. “Delayed rupture of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm after biliopancreatic diversion.Obes Surg 18, no. 7 (July 2008): 890–92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-007-9411-9.
Upadhyaya PK, Chava S, Bin-Sangheer S, Sudan R, Mittal SK, Cemaj S. Delayed rupture of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm after biliopancreatic diversion. Obes Surg. 2008 Jul;18(7):890–2.
Upadhyaya, Prashant K., et al. “Delayed rupture of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm after biliopancreatic diversion.Obes Surg, vol. 18, no. 7, July 2008, pp. 890–92. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s11695-007-9411-9.
Upadhyaya PK, Chava S, Bin-Sangheer S, Sudan R, Mittal SK, Cemaj S. Delayed rupture of a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm after biliopancreatic diversion. Obes Surg. 2008 Jul;18(7):890–892.
Journal cover image

Published In

Obes Surg

DOI

ISSN

0960-8923

Publication Date

July 2008

Volume

18

Issue

7

Start / End Page

890 / 892

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Surgery
  • Splenic Artery
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Biliopancreatic Diversion
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured
  • Aneurysm, False