Treatment of mycotic superior mesenteric vein pseudoaneurysm via placement of covered endovascular stent
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Interventional Radiology - Technical Note

Treatment of mycotic superior mesenteric vein pseudoaneurysm via placement of covered endovascular stent

Diagn Interv Radiol 2020;26(6):584-586 DOI: 10.5152/dir.2020.19542
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Abstract

Vascular pseudoaneurysms are a rare yet life-threatening complication of untreated pancreatic pseudocysts related to their high risk of rupture and bleeding. Several studies and reports have established endovascular approaches as a successful first-line therapy in the management of arterial pancreatic pseudoaneurysms. However, no reports have been published describing endovascular repair of a venous pseudoaneurysm that developed after infection of a chronically stable pancreatic pseudocyst, most likely due to its rare occurrence. We report in this technical note the treatment of a superior mesenteric vein pseudoaneurysm that developed as a result of an infected small pancreatic pseudocyst, by radiologic placement of a covered endovascular stent.