Delayed Traumatic Pseudoaneurysm of a Jejunal Artery

Abstract

The authors report a rare case of giant delayed traumatic pseudoaneurysm of a jejunal branch of the superior mesenteric artery secondary to abdominal trauma. A forty-seven- year-old patient presented with a painless, enlarging epigastric mass eleven years after a stab wound to the abdomen. A giant post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of a jejunal artery was diagnosed by computed tomography, confirmed by ultrasound and angiography, and successfully treated surgically. This case demonstrates the importance of computed tomography in diagnosis of abdominal pseudoaneurysm in patients with previous abdominal trauma.