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| Idiopathic cystic artery aneurysm complicated with hemobilia and acute pancreatitis |
| Subhi J. Al'Aref, Husham Abdel-Rahman and Nasir Hussain |
Doha, Qatar
Author Affiliations: Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, P.O. Box 24144 Doha, Qatar, (Al'Aref SJ and Hussain N) and Hamad Medical Corporation-General Surgery Department, Doha, Qatar (Abdel-Rahman H)
Corresponding Author: Subhi Al'Aref, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, P.O. Box 24144, Doha, Qatar (Tel: +974-5714206; Fax: +974- 4928333; Email: sja2001@qatar-med.cornell.edu) |
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Abstract BACKGROUND: Aneurysm of the cystic artery is not common, and it is a rare cause of hemobilia. Most of reported cases are pseudoaneurysms resulting from either an inflammatory process in the abdomen or abdominal trauma.
METHOD: We report a healthy individual who developed hemobilia and acute pancreatitis associated with cystic artery aneurysm.
RESULT: The patient was managed with angio-embolization with an uneventful post-embolization course.
CONCLUSIONS: Visceral artery aneurysms are rare and can rupture with potentially grave outcome due to excessive bleeding. Angiographic embolization as a common method of treatment for visceral artery aneurysms was used in our patient with good outcome.
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2008, Vol. 7 
