Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Embolization of a Pancreatic Pseudoaneurysm
Paul M. Robb, Paul Yeaton, Thomas Bishop, John Wessinger
Abstract
Pseudoaneurysms are rare complications of chronic pancreatitis and are associated with a high mortality. In this article we demonstrate a novel utilization of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) technology to embolize a large pancreatic pseudoaneurysm when gold standard therapies had proven futile.
doi:
http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/gr500w
Keywords
Chronic pancreatitis; Pseudoaneurysm; Endoscopic ultrasound; Interventional radiology; Embolization
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