Interventional Radiology - Technical Note

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

10.5152/dir.2020.19542

  • Jules Eustache
  • Zhixia Rong
  • Louis Bouchard
  • Pierre Perrault
  • Edouard Girard
  • Réal Lapointe

Received Date: 21.11.2019 Accepted Date: 03.02.2020 Diagn Interv Radiol 2020;26(6):584-586

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.