%0 Journal Article
%T Jaundice, occult blood and acute cholecystitis: hemobilia as the initial presentation of acute cholecystitis complicated by a pseudoaneurysm
%A Shih-Hung Tsai
%A De-Chuan Chan
%A Chang Hsien Liu
%A Hsien-He Hsu
%J Signa Vitae
%D 2011
%I Pharmamed Mado
%X Identifying the presence of hemobilia can be clinically important since it might change the therapeutic approach to patient management. Here, we report a 56-year-old man with clinical symptoms of acute cholecystitis. Multidetector-row computed tomography of the abdomen showed a ruptured pseudoaneurysm arising from the right hepatic artery. Angiography, with transarterial coil embolization of the pseudoaneurysm, was performed before surgery to reduce the risk of hemostatic complications.
%K pseudoaneurysm
%K hepatic artery
%K hemobilia
%K multidetector-row computed tomography
%K transarterial embolization
%U http://www.signavitae.com/articles/case-reports/160-jaundice-occult-blood-and-acute-cholecystitis-hemobilia-as-the-initial-presentation-of-acute-cholecystitis-complicated-by-a-pseudoaneurysm