Table 3.
Case report studies on endoscopic ultrasound-guided treated for pseudoaneurysm
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Ref.
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Presenting symptom
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Number of patients, age and sex
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Pseudoaneurysm artery
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Therapy
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Results
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Follow up
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Results on follow up
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| Gamanagatti et al[35], 2015 | Pancreatitis with upper GI bleed in all three cases | 3; 56, 45 and 30 yr; M | Gastroduodenal artery-1, splenic artery for 2 patients | EUS-guided thrombin injection | Bleeding stopped, Obliteration of pseudoaneurysm | 1 mo | No bleeding |
| Robb et al[67], 2012 | Infected pseudoaneurysm | 1, 54 yr, M | Superior mesenteric artery branch | EUS-guided embolization | Obliteration of pseudoaneurysm | 5 mo | Asymptomatic |
| Somani et al[68], 2017 | Melena | 1, 50 yr, M | Gastroduodenal artery | EUS-guided coil embolization and thrombin injection | Obliteration of pseudoaneurysm | 2 wk | No further bleeding |
| Jhajharia et al[69], 2018 | Chronic pancreatitis, GI bleed | 3; 43, 25 and 55 yr; M | Gastroduodenal artery, hepatic artery, splenic artery | EUS-guided thrombin injection | Obliteration of pseudoaneurysm | 14 d | No rebleeding |
F: Female; M: Male; EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound; GI: Gastrointestinal; N/A: Not applicable.