Reprint requests to: Dr. Wei-Chou Chang Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital. No. 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Taipei, 114, Taiwan, R.O.C. Here we report an unusual case of a large pseudoaneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery, in which the pathogenesis was related to recurrent pancreatitis. The pseudoaneurysm spontaneously thrombosed without any surgery or endovascular emb...

Intratesticular pseudoaneurysm in the setting of orchitis is exceptionally rare. It has been described in a single case report where the patient underwent orchiectomy for suspected malignancy and was found to have ruptured pseudoaneurysm on histology with no malignancy identified.1 To our knowledge we report the first case of Intratesticular pseudoaneurysm secondary to orchitis successfully man...

We report a case of a 51-year-old patient with chronic pancreatitis and a giant gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm. Noninvasive radiological procedures precisely defined the gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm. Catheter angiography revealed the site of extravazation in the upper third of the gastroduodenal artery, and enabled successful embolization with coils. Follow-up CD sonography confir...

Regarding the increasing numbers of IV drug addicts, the incidence of infected pseudoaneurysm is increasing. So far, different therapeutic strategies have been tried, but each method has its own drawbacks. Therefore, discovering an appropriate therapeutic method is necessary. 65 patients with infected pseudoaneurysm due to drug injection referred to Shohada Medical Center from Feb 1994 til...

Three patients with clinically suspected pseudoaneurysm as a complication of femoral puncture were referred for ultrasound (US) evaluation with both conventional duplex Doppler US and color Doppler imaging. Pseudoaneurysm (n = 2) and simple hematoma (n = 2) were depicted with both Doppler systems, and a separate pseudoaneurysm and a hematoma were found in one patient. These diagnoses were confi...

An 82 years old man developed a left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after acute myocardial infarction when he was 72 years old. Coronary angiography showed left main and triple-vessel coronary artery disease. On left ventriculography, a tubular-like pseudoaneurysm was demonstrated that originated from the basal inferoposterior wall of the left ventricle. He underwent coronary artery bypass surgery ...

To cite: Koganemaru M, Abe T, Hayabuchi N, et al. BMJ Case Reports Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2012-007021 DESCRIPTION A 63-year-old man was admitted to our emergency medical centre due to suspected myocardial infarction; coronary angiography was performed via the left common femoral artery. Following cardiac intervention, colour doppler ultrasonography de...

Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare and potentially fatal complication of myocardial infarction. We report a case of a unruptured giant left ventricular pseudoaneurysm in a 72-year-old woman possibly after a silent myocardial infarction. The patient admitted to our clinic for progressive dyspnea and anginal pain for 7 years. Echocardiography showed a giant (7x11 cm sized) pseudoaneurysm w...

A 30-year-old woman experienced severe abdominal pain 8 days after vaginal delivery. The patient was diagnosed with hemoperitoneum due to rupture of the left uterine artery pseudoaneurysm, which was confirmed via ultrasound with color Doppler and computed tomography scans. This patient was treated with bilateral uterine artery embolization to maintain fertility. A uterine artery pseudoaneurysm ...

Left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm is a rare but potentially lethal complication of acute myocardial infarction (MI). We report a very rare case of a 60 year-old woman with a ruptured myocardial wall, and a non-ruptured LV pseudoaneurysm. The patient presented with acutely worsening shortness of breath and exertional dyspnea of one month's duration, and palpitation. She had an inferior wall M...