Laparoscopic treatment of cystic artery pseudoaneurysm in the presence of calculous cholecystitis

Acute cholecystitis with pseudoaneurysm of the cystic artery.

Laparoscopic Management of a Very Rare Case: Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Secondary to Acute Cholecystitis

Pseudoaneurysm of a cystic artery is a rare entity that commonly occurs secondary to biliary procedures. Most of the cases in literature are consisted of ruptured aneurysms and to our knowledge, except our case, there were only 3 cases with unruptured aneurysms, which incidentally were detected by radiological methods. When cystic artery pseudoaneurysm is present with acute cholecystitis, most ...

Unruptured Pseudoaneurysm of the cystic artery associated with acute calculus cholecystitis

Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm (CAP) is a very rare complication of acute cholecystitis. We present the unruptured cystic artery pseudoaneurysm of an oedematous, thick-walled gallbladder in a 71-year old gentleman admitted with acute calculus cholecystitis. This was managed by radiological microcoil embolisation, percutaneous drainage of pericholic fluid and conservative treatment with antibiotics.

Acute Calculous Cholecystitis

Copyright © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. A previously well 42-year-old woman presents with severe pain in the right upper quadrant, which started 15 hours earlier. She has previously noted episodic pain in that location that lasted for up to 2 hours but has not sought medical advice. She has had one episode of vomiting with the current attack. On physical examination, her temperature is ...

the effect of taftan pozzolan on the compressive strength of concrete in the environmental conditions of oman sea (chabahar port)

cement is an essential ingredient in the concrete buildings. for production of cement considerable amount of fossil fuel and electrical energy is consumed. on the other hand for generating one tone of portland cement, nearly one ton of carbon dioxide is released. it shows that 7 percent of the total released carbon dioxide in the world relates to the cement industry. considering ecological issu...