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. 2017 Oct 4;41:12–16. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.08.067

Table 1.

True aneurysms of the hepatic artery and gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

Reference Article type No. of cases Patient age Location of fistula Diagnostics Treatment Cause
Mortimer and Gresham [6] Case report 1 77 NA Autopsy Laparotomy NA
Graham et al. [5] Case report 1 61 Portal vein Angiography Surgical resection Heriditary telangiectasia
Macdonald et al. [7] Case report 1 52 Gallbladder Laparotomy Surgical resection Cholecystitis
Gryboski and Clemett [8] Case report 1 18 weeks NA Autopsy NA Congenital
Sandblom [9] Case report 1 73 Pancreatic duct Angiography NA NA
Gupta and Cope [10] Case reportα 1 30 Common bile duct Angiography Surgical ligation Endocarditis
Santiago-Delpin et al. [11] Case report 1 48 Common bile duct Laparotomy Surgical resection partial Marfan syndrome
Croom et al. [12] Case report 1 73 Common bile duct Agiography Surgical resection NA
Balthazar [13] Case reportα 1 74 Common bile duct Angiography Surgical resection NA
Harlaftis and Akin [14] Case report and literature review 48 62a Common bile ducta Angiographya Surgical ligationa NA
Gallbladder
Cystic duct
Peritoneal cavity
Hepatic ducts
Duodenum
Unknown
Cranston and Smith [15] Case report 1 83 Intestinal tract not otherwise specified Angiography Surgical resection NA
Hügel et al. [16] Case report 1 56 Duodenal bulb Angiography Surgical resection NA
Stierli et al. [17] Case report 1 51 Pancreatic duct NA Surgical resection Giant cavernous hemangioma
Psathakis et al. [18] Case reportαβ and literature review 2 64–70 Abdominal cavity Laparotomy Surgical resection NA
Gallbladder and cholecystic fistula
Werner and Bonnevie [4] Case report 1 73 Pancreatic duct Angiography Surgical resection, bypass grafting NA
Hubloue et al. [19] Case report and literature review 1 74 Duodenal bulb Angiography Surgical resection Acromegaly
Sarkar et al. [20] Case reportα 1 65 Common bile duct Angiography Embolisation NA
Pross et al. [22] Case report 1 56 Duodenal bulb Angiography Surgical ligation Intrahepatic artery chemotherapy
O’Driscoll et al. [21] Literature review 1 35 Common bile duct Angiography Embolization metal coils NA
Cho et al. [23] Case report 1 49 Duodenal bulb NA Surgical resection NA
Maralcan et al. [24] Case report α,β,δ 1 65 Bile system not otherwise specified Angiography Surgical ligation NA
Shuster et al. [25] Case report 1 21 Duodenal bulb Angiography Surgical resection, and venous grafting Polyarteriitis nodosa
Narula et al. [26] Case report 1 85 Unknown Angiography No treatment NA
Traversa et al. [27] Case report 1 49 Common bile duct Angiography Embolisation metal coils NA
Morisawa et al. [28] Case reportα 1 83 Common bile duct Angiography Embolisation metal coils and gelatine sponge NA
Soon et al. [29] Case report 1 43 Gall bladder CT Embolisation metal coils Endocarditis
Papafragkou et al. [30] Case report 1 74 Stomach CT Surgical resection NA
Wu et al. [31] Case report 1 50 Common bileduct CT Embolisation metal coils and N-butyl cyanoacrylate Fibromuscular dysplasia
Huisman et al. [32] Case report 1 48 Duodenum CT Surgical suture laparotomy + Stent placement NA
Kobayashi et al. [33] Case report 1 77 Duodenum CT Stent placement NA
Komatsu et al. [34] Case reportα 1 53 No direct fistula could be found CT Surgical resection Marfan syndrome

Note: Unless otherwise specified, the aneurysm was from the common hepatic artery. NA = Not available. CT = Computed Tomography.

a

Data on the one patient from the case report. Ages from the literature review is not specified.

α

Right hepatic artery.

β

Left hepatic artery.

δ

Abberant right heptic artery.