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Ruptured high-flow aneurysm of the posterior pancreaticoduodenal artery: diagnosis and treatment

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A case described of spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage due to rupture of a high-flow aneurysm of the posterior pancreaticoduodenal arcade. Treatment consisted of exclusion of the aneurysm by Histoacryl/Lipiodol injection through a microcatheter superselectively placed in the arcade. Both diagnosis and treatment options are discussed.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Bldg. 1, C2-S, Leiden University Medical Center, P. O. Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands Tel.: + 31-71-5 26 20 52, Fax: + 31-71-5 24 82 56, E-mail: lsk@nki.nl, , , , , , NL

    R. G. McWilliams, E. L. van Persijn Van Meerten & L. J. Schultze Kool

  2. Department of Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, , , , , , NL

    R. J. Porte & J. H. van Bockel

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McWilliams, R., van Persijn Van Meerten, E., Porte, R. et al. Ruptured high-flow aneurysm of the posterior pancreaticoduodenal artery: diagnosis and treatment. Emergency Radiology 6, 355–357 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101400050085

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