[Pancreatic tail pseudoaneurysm: percutaneous treatment by thrombin injection]. / Seudoaneurisma de la cola pancreática: tratamiento percutáneo mediante inyección de trombina.

Visceral artery pseudoaneurysms secondary to acute and/or chronic pancreatitis are a relatively common and potentially serious complication. Endovascular techniques are the most currently accepted techniques, given the higher morbidity-mortality of surgery. The thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm using an ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection is emerging as a useful option in those cases in which endovascular embolisation is not possible. We present the case of a patient with a pseudoaneurysm of the transverse pancreatic artery secondary to chronic pancreatitis, and successfully treated by administering percutaneous thrombin.

Seudoaneurisma de la cola pancreática: tratamiento percutáneo mediante inyección de trombina / Pancreatic tail pseudoaneurysm: percutaneous treatment by thrombin injection

Los seudoaneurismas de arterias viscerales secundarios a pancreatitis aguda y/o crónica suponen una complicación relativamente frecuente y potencialmente grave. Las técnicas endovasculares constituyen el tratamiento más aceptado en la actualidad, dada la mayor morbimortalidad de la cirugía. La trombosis del seudoaneurisma mediante la inyección percutánea de trombina con control ecográfico está emergiendo como una opción útil en aquellos casos en los que no es posible la embolización por vía endovascular. Presentamos el caso de un paciente con un seudoaneurisma de la arteria pancreática transversa secundario a pancreatitis crónica, tratado con éxito mediante administración percutánea de trombina (AU)

Visceral artery pseudoaneurysms secondary to acute and/or chronic pancreatitis are a relatively common and potentially serious complication. Endovascular techniques are the most currently accepted techniques, given the higher morbidity-mortality of surgery. The thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm using an ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection is emerging as a useful option in those cases in which endovascular embolisation is not possible. We present the case of a patient with a pseudoaneurysm of the transverse pancreatic artery secondary to chronic pancreatitis, and successfully treated by administering percutaneous thrombin (AU)