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Cystic artery pseudo-aneurysm: a complication of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20675459     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 54-year-old man presented for radiology with pain and a feeling of fullness in the upper abdomen and an epigastric mass. Ultrasound revealed a large cystic mass with internal echoes, lying posterior and inferior to left lobe of the liver. The gallbladder was thick-walled and contracted, and contained a calculus and echogenic sludge. A cystic structure that produced swirling flow signals on colour Doppler was demonstrated within the gallbladder. The CT scan showed a thickened gallbladder with adjacent inflammation and a 2-cm pseudo-aneurysm in its wall. High-density material was present in the gallbladder lumen, in the extra-hepatic bile ducts and around the gastrohepatic ligament. A thick haemorrhagic pus, from which Escherichia coli was cultured, was drained from the gastrohepatic collection. An elective coeliac angiogram demonstrated a solitary pseudo-aneurysm of the medial branch of the cystic artery. Selective catheterisation of this artery with a micro-catheter enabled complete exclusion of the pseudo-aneurysm by a single micro-coil. Histological examination of the gallbladder, which was ultimately removed at open cholecystectomy, demonstrated xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.
Authors:
I Ahmed; U H Tanveer; Z Sajjad; B Munazza; U D Azeem; S Basit
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The British journal of radiology     Volume:  83     ISSN:  1748-880X     ISO Abbreviation:  Br J Radiol     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-02     Completed Date:  2010-11-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0373125     Medline TA:  Br J Radiol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  e165-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, P.O. Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. ishtiaq.chisti@aku.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aneurysm, False / etiology,  radiography*
Cholecystitis / complications,  pathology
Granuloma / complications,  pathology
Hepatic Artery / radiography*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Xanthomatosis / complications,  pathology

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