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Case Reports
. 2010 Nov 29:2010:bcr0820103258.
doi: 10.1136/bcr.08.2010.3258.

Right hepatic artery false aneurysm secondary to acalculous cholecystitis

Joanne Bennett  1 , Dominic Fay, Richard Krysztopik
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Case Reports

Right hepatic artery false aneurysm secondary to acalculous cholecystitis

Joanne Bennett et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

The present report describes a case of an extrahepatic right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm caused by acalculous cholecystitis. An 85-year-old man was admitted with abdominal pain, cachexia and jaundice. A CT scan showed a saccular false right hepatic artery aneurysm within a soft tissue and fluid mass that was causing biliary obstruction. The soft tissue mass raised the possibility of malignant disease, but this resolved slowly after a period of time and on reviewing the patient's history the only upper gastrointestinal problem noted was an episode of acalculous cholecystitis 3 months previously, which was believed to be the cause of the pseudoaneurysm. The false aneurysm was treated successfully with coil embolisation and the patient recovered fully from this illness.

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Figure 1
Sagittal CT with right hepatic artery aneurysm and inflammatory mass shown in box.
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Figure 2
Right hepatic artery aneurysm and inflammatory mass shown in coronal section on CT.
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Figure 3
Pre-embolisation.
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Figure 4
Postembolisation: static contrast can be seen in the right hepatic artery aneurysm.
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