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Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm as a complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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A 39-year-old man presented with a subhepatic fluid collection 3 weeks after undergoing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This was mistakenly thought to represent an abscess, and a drainage catheter was placed at an outside institution. Upon transfer, the collection was diagnosed as a pseudoaneurysm by spiral computed tomography (CT) and angiography. This is the first report of a pseudoaneurysm complicating laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

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  1. Division of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, 44195, Cleveland, OH, USA

    E. Bergey, D. M. Einstein & B. R. Herts

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Bergey, E., Einstein, D.M. & Herts, B.R. Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm as a complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Abdom Imaging 20, 75–77 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199652

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