Retained Contrast After Embolization of a Right Gastric Artery Pseudoaneurysm

Journal Article · Fri Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S002709900025· OSTI ID:21080548

Winick, Adam B ^[1]; Malloy, Patrick C ^[2]; Lund, Gunnar B ^[1]

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1. Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Interventional Radiology Section, Halsted 308, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287 (United States)
2. Department of Radiology, The University of Maryland Hospital Systems, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 (United States)

Pseudoaneurysms due to chronic pancreatitis can be a source of major gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage. Computed tomography (CT) is the primary diagnostic imaging modality for pancreatic pseudocysts associated with GI bleeding. Pseudoaneurysms and associated GI bleeding can be diagnosed and embolized with transcatheter techniques once the arterial anatomy is defined. CT is a useful modality for follow-up examination of the pseudocyst; the findings must be correlated with other procedures performed on these patients. On follow-up studies, contrast medium retained in the pseudocyst after embolization may falsely signal persistent bleeding into the pseudocyst.

• OSTI ID: 21080548
• Journal Information: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Journal Name: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 19; ISSN 0174-1551; ISSN CAIRDG
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ANATOMY
ARTERIES
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
CONTRAST MEDIA
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES
HEMORRHAGE
PANCREAS
PATIENTS