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Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm

MedGen UID:
868209
•Concept ID:
C4022601
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0030170

Definition

Presence of a pseudoaneurysm in the artery that supplies the gallbladder and cystic duct with blood. A pseudoaneurysm, also known as a false aneurysm, forms when blood leaks through a breach of the arterial wall but is contained by the adventitia or surrounding perivascular soft tissue. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCystic artery pseudoaneurysm

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PubMed

Combined DSA- and US-guided management of acute bleeding: effectiveness of percutaneous glue embolization in six cases.
Giurazza F, Corvino F, Pane F, Di Serafino M, Niola R
J Ultrasound 2024 Mar;27(1):179-184. Epub 2023 May 10 doi: 10.1007/s40477-023-00785-5. PMID: 37162728Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Combined DSA- and US-guided management of acute bleeding: effectiveness of percutaneous glue embolization in six cases.
Giurazza F, Corvino F, Pane F, Di Serafino M, Niola R
J Ultrasound 2024 Mar;27(1):179-184. Epub 2023 May 10 doi: 10.1007/s40477-023-00785-5. PMID: 37162728Free PMC Article
A Rare Complication of Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage.
Chen YY, Chen CH, Chen YF
Gastroenterology 2022 Nov;163(5):e29-e30. Epub 2022 Jun 18 doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.06.041. PMID: 35728689
A Case of Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleed from a Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Bleeding through a Cholecystocolic Fistula.
Amakye DO, Atemnkeng N, Hama E, Person EB
Am J Case Rep 2021 Jul 11;22:e931921. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.931921. PMID: 34247182Free PMC Article
Ruptured Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Successfully Treated with Urgent Cholecystectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Fujimoto Y, Tomimaru Y, Hatano H, Noguchi K, Nagase H, Hamabe A, Hirota M, Oshima K, Tanida T, Morita S, Imamura H, Iwazawa T, Akagi K, Dono K
Am J Case Rep 2018 Feb 20;19:187-193. doi: 10.12659/ajcr.907273. PMID: 29459583Free PMC Article
Acute cholecystitis with massive upper gastrointestinal bleed: a case report and review of the literature.
Saluja SS, Ray S, Gulati MS, Pal S, Sahni P, Chattopadhyay TK
BMC Gastroenterol 2007 Mar 26;7:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-7-12. PMID: 17386110Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm-a rare complication of acute cholecystitis: review of literature.
Patil NS, Kumar AH, Pamecha V, Gattu T, Falari S, Sinha PK, Mohapatra N
Surg Endosc 2022 Feb;36(2):871-880. Epub 2021 Nov 22 doi: 10.1007/s00464-021-08796-1. PMID: 34811584
Erodes and bleeds, fistulises and obstructs: Bouveret's syndrome.
Kakadiya RB, Thakur U, Kaman L, Mandavdhare HS
Trop Doct 2020 Oct;50(4):383-385. Epub 2020 Jul 17 doi: 10.1177/0049475520940489. PMID: 32677541
Pediatric cystic artery pseudoaneurysm embolization.
Leshen M, Hubert J, Cantos A
Clin Imaging 2020 May;61:80-83. Epub 2020 Jan 16 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.01.011. PMID: 31982705
Rare case of cystic artery pseudoaneurysm.
Kuzman MS, Adiamah A, Higashi Y, Gomez D
BMJ Case Rep 2018 Mar 28;2018 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223789. PMID: 29592994Free PMC Article
Ruptured Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Successfully Treated with Urgent Cholecystectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Fujimoto Y, Tomimaru Y, Hatano H, Noguchi K, Nagase H, Hamabe A, Hirota M, Oshima K, Tanida T, Morita S, Imamura H, Iwazawa T, Akagi K, Dono K
Am J Case Rep 2018 Feb 20;19:187-193. doi: 10.12659/ajcr.907273. PMID: 29459583Free PMC Article

Therapy

Ruptured cystic artery pseudoaneurysm after long-term transpapillary placement of a gallbladder stent for acute cholecystitis.
Saito H, Kadowaki Y, Yamane T, Tokunaga R, Ikuta Y, Urata J, Tada S
Endoscopy 2023 Dec;55(S 01):E448-E449. Epub 2023 Feb 16 doi: 10.1055/a-2018-3961. PMID: 36796449Free PMC Article
A Rare Complication of Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage.
Chen YY, Chen CH, Chen YF
Gastroenterology 2022 Nov;163(5):e29-e30. Epub 2022 Jun 18 doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.06.041. PMID: 35728689
Haemobilia secondary to a cystic artery pseudoaneurysm as complication of VLC.
Romano L, Lazzarin G, Varrassi M, Di Sibio A, Vicentini V, Schietroma M, Carlei F, Giuliani A
Acta Biomed 2021 Apr 30;92(S1):e2021125. doi: 10.23750/abm.v92iS1.10821. PMID: 33944818Free PMC Article
Pediatric cystic artery pseudoaneurysm embolization.
Leshen M, Hubert J, Cantos A
Clin Imaging 2020 May;61:80-83. Epub 2020 Jan 16 doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.01.011. PMID: 31982705
Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysm.
Liu B, Lewis AR, Ward TJ
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016 May;27(5):694. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.02.002. PMID: 27106644

Prognosis

Ruptured Cystic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Successfully Treated with Urgent Cholecystectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Fujimoto Y, Tomimaru Y, Hatano H, Noguchi K, Nagase H, Hamabe A, Hirota M, Oshima K, Tanida T, Morita S, Imamura H, Iwazawa T, Akagi K, Dono K
Am J Case Rep 2018 Feb 20;19:187-193. doi: 10.12659/ajcr.907273. PMID: 29459583Free PMC Article
Acute cholecystitis with massive upper gastrointestinal bleed: a case report and review of the literature.
Saluja SS, Ray S, Gulati MS, Pal S, Sahni P, Chattopadhyay TK
BMC Gastroenterol 2007 Mar 26;7:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-7-12. PMID: 17386110Free PMC Article
Hemobilia due to cystic artery pseudoaneurysm.
Sibulesky L, Ridlen M, Pricolo VE
Am J Surg 2006 Jun;191(6):797-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.07.041. PMID: 16720152

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