Hepatic Artery Aneurysm Leak as a Cause of Abdominal Pain and Cholestatic Jaundice Following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Abstract

Hepatic artery aneurysms are being increasingly reported in the scientific press. A Medline search from 1966 to the present revealed that a large number of those cases reported arose following laparoscopic cholecystectomy or pancreatitis, or in patients with connective tissue disease who had multiple arterial aneurysms. There have been no reported cases of hepatic artery aneurysm occurring following surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. We present a case of a hepatic artery aneurysm occurring 11 days following open repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.