Radiol Case Rep 2022 Mar 23;17(3):1013-1020. Epub 2022 Jan 23.
Department of Radiology, Robert Larner M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401, USA.
Pancreatic pseudocyst formation, arterial pseudoaneurysm, and splanchnic vein thrombosis are complications of chronic pancreatitis that account for significant morbidity and mortality in this patient population. While the short-term utility of timely endovascular intervention for treating the vascular complications of chronic pancreatitis have been relatively well documented, there is a paucity of longitudinal follow-up in this patient population, therefore making it difficult to predict the long-term efficacy of these interventions. This report details a case of a gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm embolization followed by symptomatic superior mesenteric vein chronic thrombosis treated by stent dilatation in a patient with chronic pancreatitis, with 7 years clinical and imaging follow-up. Read More