Spontaneous regression of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare complication of acute pancreatitis

International Medical Case Reports Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-20

  Castillo Tandazo, Wilson ^a   Ortega, José ^a   Mariscal, César ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^b Intensive Care Unit   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Pseudoaneurysm; Regression; Vascular complications

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT BIOPSY; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC AMPULLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SPLENIC ARTERY PSEUDOANEURYSM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS;

EID: 84876177881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1179142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S43682     Document Type: Article

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