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Aga Khan University

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2009

Endoscopic stenting

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Non-Traumatic Right Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: An Unusual Cause Of Hemobilia And Obstructive Jaundice, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Shahida Bibi, Ziaur Rehman, Salma Khan Jan 2009

Non-Traumatic Right Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm: An Unusual Cause Of Hemobilia And Obstructive Jaundice, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Shahida Bibi, Ziaur Rehman, Salma Khan

Section of General Surgery

Most hepatic artery pseudoaneurysms (HAPA) are post traumatic, and non-traumatic pseudoaneurysm is rarely reported. It is a potentially life threatening vascular disorder and difficult to diagnose before rupture. Early diagnosis and prompt nonoperative intervention of this lesion could be life saving. The authors report the case of a patient with hemobilia caused by ruptured right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm and subsequently developed right hepatic duct stricture, which has not been reported previously. This patient was successfully treated with endovascular stent graft of pseudoaneurysm and endoscopic stenting of right hepatic duct stricture.