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A case is presented of a 41-year-old man admitted for obstructive jaundice. Work-up revealed a pseudocyst of the pancreatic head which contained a large pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery. After an unsuccessful attempt at embolization, the patient was treated with an uncomplicated pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Bender, J.S., Levison, M.A. Pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery arising within a pancreatic pseudocyst. Annals of Vascular Surgery 6, 171–172 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042741
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042741