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Percutaneous thrombin injection for the treatment of a post-pancreatitis pseudoaneurysm

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Visceral artery pseudoaneurysms are often treated surgically or by transcatheter embolisation. We report a case of a pseudoaneurysm in a patient with chronic pancreatitis, which was successfully occluded by percutaneous injection of thrombin into the pseudoaneurysmal sac as a first-line management.

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  1. D. J. Breen

    Present address: Department of Radiology, Southhampton University Hospital NHS Trust, Tremona Road, Southampton, SO16 6 YD, UK

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull, HU3 2JZ, UK

    S. Puri, A. A. Nicholson & D. J. Breen

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Puri, S., Nicholson, A.A. & Breen, D.J. Percutaneous thrombin injection for the treatment of a post-pancreatitis pseudoaneurysm. Eur Radiol 13 (Suppl 6), L79–L82 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-003-1836-5

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