Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Aneurysms in Association with Celiac Axis Compression Syndrome

• Published in: The Japanese Journal of Gastroenterological Surgery Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 556 - 562
• Main Authors: Miyasaka, Daisuke, Kato, Hiroyuki, Kitashiro, Shuji, Nitta, Takeo, Okushiba, Shunichi, Kawarada, Yo, Sasaki, Takeshi, Ebihara, Yuma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery 2011
• Subjects: celiac axis compression syndrome; indocyanine green fluorescence imaging technique; pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms
• ISSN: 0386-9768; 1348-9372
• DOI: 10.5833/jjgs.44.556

A 59-year-old woman with acute abdominal and back pain was referred with a diagnosis of pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms. Preoperative abdomen contrast computed tomography (CT) revealed a retroperitoneal hematoma around the pancreatic head. Angiography indicated a hypertrophic pancreaticoduodenal arcade and two pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms, together with retrograde hepatic, splenic, and left gastric artery flow via the gastroduodenal artery. We evaluated the blood flow of the common hepatic artery and aneurysms intraoperatively using indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging. Our findings suggested celiac artery trunk compression with multiple pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms. Surgery involved ligating the aneurysm branches and dividing the median arcuate ligament.