RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Aneurysm of the cystic artery is not common, and it is a rare cause of hemobilia. Most of reported cases are pseudoaneurysms resulting from either an inflammatory process in the abdomen or abdominal trauma. METHOD: We report a healthy individual who developed hemobilia and acute pancreatitis associated with cystic artery aneurysm. RESULT: The patient was managed with angio-embolization with an uneventful post-embolization course. CONCLUSIONS: Visceral artery aneurysms are rare and can rupture with potentially grave outcome due to excessive bleeding. Angiographic embolization as a common method of treatment for visceral artery aneurysms was used in our patient with good outcome.

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Aneurisma/complicaciones , Conducto Cístico/irrigación sanguínea , Hemobilia/etiología , Pancreatitis/etiología , Enfermedad Aguda , Aneurisma/diagnóstico por imagen , Aneurisma/terapia , Arterias/patología , Embolización Terapéutica , Hemobilia/diagnóstico por imagen , Hemobilia/terapia , Humanos , Masculino , Pancreatitis/diagnóstico por imagen , Pancreatitis/terapia , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , Resultado del Tratamiento , Adulto Joven