Diagnosis and management of hepatic artery pseudoaneuryms following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a case report

Le Thanh Dung1, Vu Hoai Linh1, Nguyen Duy Hung2, Phan Nhat Anh2,
1 Center for Diagnostic Imaging at Viet Duc Hospital
2 Department of Diagnostic Imaging - Hanoi Medical University

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Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare and potentially fatal complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy that often presents with abdominal pain, anemia, hemobilia, and liver function elevations. The authors report a case of hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm diagnosed by abdominal computed topography in a 64-year-old woman who had undergone laparoscopic
cholecystectomy the previous month. Definitive treatment was angiography with embolization.

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