Pseudoaneurysm of a pancreas allograft artery detected by 99mTc red blood cell SPECT/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Apr;40(4):e241-4. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000704.

Abstract

We present a case of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding associated with a large pseudoaneurysm in the splenic artery after simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation. Planar 99mTc red blood cell (RBC) scintigraphy demonstrated a focus of increased activity in the mid-abdomen, which was confirmed by SPECT/CT to be in the region of the pancreatic transplant. Subsequent diagnostic CT angiography of the abdomen identified a large pseudoaneurysm of the pancreas allograft splenic artery. At surgery, an arterial-enteric fistula was confirmed at the site of aneurysm coiling, and this segment of bowel was removed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Pancreas Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Splenic Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Technetium*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium