Life threatening hemobilia after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Life threatening hemobilia after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Arterial vascular complication from endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is exceedingly rare. This report describes a life threatening hemobilia, from a pseudoaneurysm of the right hepatic artery (RHA), which occurred post ERCP. The pseudoaneurysm and the active bleed were diagnosed...

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Veröffentlicht in:Digestive and liver disease 2017-12, Vol.49 (12), p.1336-1337
Hauptverfasser: El Hajj, Ihab I., Sherman, Stuart, Pyko, Maximilian, Lehman, Glen A.
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Sprache:eng
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Angiography
Complication
ERCP
Gastrointestinal bleed
Hepatic artery
Pseudoaneurysm
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Zusammenfassung:Arterial vascular complication from endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is exceedingly rare. This report describes a life threatening hemobilia, from a pseudoaneurysm of the right hepatic artery (RHA), which occurred post ERCP. The pseudoaneurysm and the active bleed were diagnosed by selective angiography of the RHA, and successfully treated with stenting.
ISSN:1590-8658
1878-3562
DOI:10.1016/j.dld.2017.09.001