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. 2025 Jul;70(7):2285-2291.
doi: 10.1007/s10620-025-08985-1. Epub 2025 Mar 19.

A Soft Spot for Bleeding: Pseudoaneurysm of the Gastroduodenal Artery in a 71-Year-Old Woman Undergoing Electroporation for a Pancreatic Head Cancer

Luca Properzi  1 , Francesco Ricci  2 , Massimiliano Allegritti  2 , Jacopo Desiderio  2 , Benedetta Enrico  2 , Roberto Cirocchi  3 , Giovanni Domenico Tebala  2
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A Soft Spot for Bleeding: Pseudoaneurysm of the Gastroduodenal Artery in a 71-Year-Old Woman Undergoing Electroporation for a Pancreatic Head Cancer

Luca Properzi et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2025 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Gastric surgery; Gastro-Intestinal bleeding; Gastroduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm; Interventional radiology; Pancreatic surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Endoscopic images. The blue arrow indicates the bulky blood clot, whereas the green arrow shows the malacic (softened) area of the duodenal wall, caused by erosion from the pseudoaneurysm
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Multiple CT images at different levels demonstrate the pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery (blue arrows)
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Angiographic procedure with the embolization of the GDA. The angiographic image indicated by the blue arrow shows the pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery
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