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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 15, 2003; 9(12): 2878-2879
Published online Dec 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2878
Published online Dec 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2878
Pseudoaneurysm of gastroduodenal artery following radical gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma patients
Dong Yi Kim, Jae Kyoon Joo, Seong Yeob Ryu, Young Jin Kim, Shin Kon Kim, Division of Gatroenterologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
Yong Yeon Jung, Department of Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dong Yi Kim, M.D. Division of Gatroenterologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, 8 Hakdong, Dongku, Gwangju 501-757, Korea. dockim@chonnam.ac.kr
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Received: August 28, 2003
Revised: September 14, 2003
Accepted: October 7, 2003
Published online: December 15, 2003
Revised: September 14, 2003
Accepted: October 7, 2003
Published online: December 15, 2003
Abstract
We report a rare case of a postoperative pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery following radical gastrectomy. Surgical trauma to the gastroduodenal artery during regional lymphadenectomy was considered the cause of the postoperative pseudoaneurysm. The pseudoaneurysm was successfully managed by ligating the bleeding vessel. We should consider the possibility of pseudoaneurysm formation in a patient with gastrointestinal bleeding in the postoperative period following radical gastrectomy with regional lymph node and perivascular lymphatic dissection.
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