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We report herein a case of an iatrogenic superior pancreaticoduodenal arterial aneurysm which ruptured into the duodenal stump of a Billroth II partial gastrectomy. Superselective angiography was used for the diagnosis, and successful embolization performed nonoperatively. A review of the literature revealed both the etiology and site of rupture in this case to be extremely uncommon.
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Guadagni, S., De Bernardinis, G., Pavone, P. et al. A rare cause of digestive hemorrhage: An aneurysm of the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery rupturing into the duodenal stump of a billroth II partial gastrectomy. Surg Today 22, 273–275 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00308835
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