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Ultrasonography of a Gastroduodenal Artery Pseudoaneurysm

Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, elizsono{at}comcast.net

Felicia P. Cummings, MD

Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

Splanchnic artery pseudoaneurysms are not often encountered but are clinically significant because of the high mortality rate with rupture. Sonography is a noninvasive modality that can be used for assessment of the presence or absence of blood flow and in post treatment follow-up to confirm whether the intervention was successful. In this unusual case, sonography with color Doppler was used to evaluate a gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm before and after angiographic transcatheter arterial embolization, facilitating the diagnosis and treatment of this vascular phenomenon.

Key Words: pseudoaneurysm • gastroduodenal • splanchnic • color Doppler

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 20, No. 3, 168-174 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/8756479304265558


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