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Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm

Case contributed by Brian Ngo
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Patient presents with sudden-onset right-sided abdominal pain on a background of vomiting for two days

Patient Data

Age: 90 years
Gender: Female

Focal arterially-enhancing abnormality continuous with the cystic artery (branch of the right hepatic artery). This is in a setting of marked gallbladder wall thickening, gallbladder fossa hyperemia and pericholecystic stranding, in keeping with cholecystitis.

Case Discussion

Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm is a very rare condition, of which most of the identified case reports (fewer than 20) are related to cholecystitis or prior cholecystectomy.

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