Hepatic artery aneurysm presenting with hemobilia in a patient with Behçet's disease: treatment with percutaneous transcatheteral embolization.

نویسندگان

  • Adam Hatzidakis
  • Jannis Petrakis
  • Miltiadis Krokidis
  • Dimitrios Tsetis
  • Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis
چکیده

We herein report a case of hemobilia caused by a hepatic artery aneurysm. A 40-year-old male patient with a history of Behçet's disease with a thrombus hanging out of the papilla of Vater had a large hepatic aneurysm in angiography. The hepatic artery feeding the aneurysm was embolized. Endovascular treatment can treat patients with hepatic artery aneurysms caused by Behçet's disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Diagnostic and interventional radiology

دوره 12 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006