[Massive biliary hemorrhage due to rupture of pseudoaneurysm after endoscopic biliary plastic stenting for pancreatic cancer]

Nihon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 2019;116(9):754-763. doi: 10.11405/nisshoshi.116.754.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 51-year-old woman underwent endoscopic biliary drainage with a plastic stent for obstructive jaundice due to unresectable pancreatic head cancer. During chemotherapy following heavy ion therapy for the cancer, she presented with acute cholangitis and massive rectal bleeding. The massive hemorrhage was caused by rupture of the biliary duct due to a pseudoaneurysm in the right hepatic artery. The position of the aneurysm coincided with the liver-side end of the plastic stent. Sustained irritation of the arterial and bile duct walls by the stent was considered to have contributed to formation of the aneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnosis*
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Female
  • Hepatic Artery
  • Humans
  • Jaundice, Obstructive / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Plastics
  • Stents

Substances

  • Plastics