Abstract

Doc number: 93

Abstract

Background: Hemorrhagic complications during EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage can occur, because the vessels on the internal wall of the pseudocyst might be compressed by the fluid and thus not visible on color Doppler or even power Doppler EUS.

Case presentation: We report a case of an immediate internal spurting arterial bleeding precipitated during EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage which stopped instantaneously by placement of a double flanged covered self-expandable metal stent through mechanical hemostasis.

Conclusion: In an unusual situation of bleeding from collateral circulation near the pseudocyst wall during pseudocyst drainage, the placement of an expandable metal stent proved to be useful.

Details

Title
Arterial bleeding during EUS-guided pseudocyst drainage stopped by placement of a covered self-expandable metal stent
Author
Saftoiu, Adrian; Ciobanu, Lidia; Seicean, Andrada; Tantau, Marcel
Pages
93
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1471230X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1362095547
Copyright
© 2013 Saftoiu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.