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Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Thrombin Injection as First-Line Treatment of Pancreatic Pseudoaneurysm

Authors: Aoife McErlean, Seamus Looby, Michael J. Lee

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 3/2007

Abstract

Pancreatic pseudoaneurysms are a rare but potentially fatal complication of pancreatitis. Surgical intervention and transcatheter embolization are not always feasible therapeutic options. In this report we present a case of a pseudoaneurysm secondary to pancreatitis which, despite being angiographically invisible, was successfully embolized with a single ultrasound-guided percutaneous injection of thrombin.

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Title: Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Thrombin Injection as First-Line Treatment of Pancreatic Pseudoaneurysm
Authors: Aoife McErlean
Seamus Looby
Michael J. Lee
Publication date: 01-06-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-006-0174-9

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Percutaneous Ultrasound-Guided Thrombin Injection as First-Line Treatment of Pancreatic Pseudoaneurysm

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