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Table 1 previous case reports of obstructive jaundice as a rare complication of pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm

From: Obstructive jaundice as a rare complication of multiple pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms due to median arcuate ligament syndrome: a case report and review of the literature

No

Author

Year

Sex

Age

Presentation

CAS

Rupture

Mass

Diagnosis methods

Treatment

F/U

1

Sampsel et al. [15]

1952

M

68

Painless jaundice, pruritus, acholic stools, and dark-colored urine

NA

Yes

2.5 cm aneurysm of "anomaIous" artery ruptured into pancreas

Abdominal X-ray

Laparatomy

Hepaticodochoenterostomy

D

2

Hasselgren et al. [16]

1976

F

62

Pain under the right costal margin, and jaundice

NA

No

Large aneurysm

Abdominal X-ray

Aneurysmectomy

Exploratory choledochotomy

S

3

Scheflan et al. [17]

1977

M

56

Painless jaundice, pruritus, and malaise

Yes

Yes

Large hematoma and 2 cm aneurysm origin from the inferior PDA

Abdominal aortography Selective arteriography

Upper GI series

Ultrasonography

Aneurysmectomy

Exploratory choledochotomy

T-tube drainage

S

4

Kadir et al. [18]

1978

M

72

Gastrointestinal bleeding, jaundice, RUQ tenderness, and abdominal distention with ascites

Yes

No

2.5 × 3.5 cm aneurysm origin from inferior PDA

Selective arteriography

Untreated

D

5

Bécheur et al. [19]

1996

M

54

Jaundice, abdominal pain, and dilatation of the common bile duct

NA

NA

Peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm of the posterior and inferior PDA

Doppler ultrasonography Abdominopelvic CT scan

TAE

S

6

Widjaja et al. [20]

1999

M

51

Epigastric pain, jaundice, severe diarrhoea, and weight loss

NA

Yes

8.1 × 7.5 × 7.0 cm in left liver lobe as

pseudoaneurysm of the PDA

Ultrasonography (B-mode and colour coded Duplex)

Intraarterial digital

subtraction angiography

PTBD

TAE

S

7

Colak et al. [21]

2009

M

57

Persistent epigastric

pain, weight loss, and jaundice

No

Yes

8.7 × 6.8 cm pseudoaneurysm origin from inferior PDA

Contrast-enhanced CT scan

Non-selective abdominal angiography

Untreated

D

8

Wattez et al. [22]

2013

F

64

Intense acute abdominal pain, dilated intra- and extrahepatic biliary tracts (14 mm)

Yes

No

isolated 2-cm true aneurysm origin from PDA

Ultrasonography

Contrast-enhanced CT scan

Laparotomy

TAE (injection of polymeric synthetic into the aneurysm)

S

9

Yin et al. [11]

2014

M

84

RUQ pain, jaundice

Yes

Yes

Retroperitoneal hematoma and

2 cm aneurysm origin from PDA

Ultrasonography

Abdominopelvic CT scan

CT angiography

Conventional angiography

TAE (with no need to drain the liver)

D

10

Otaegui et al. [23]

2016

M

48

Jaundice, epigastric pain, acholic stools, and dark-colored urine, dilated intra- and extrahepatic tracts

Yes

No

3.5 cm pseudoaneurysm origin from inferior PDA, which was anastomosed with the posterior PDA

Ultrasonography Abdominopelvic CT scan

TAE

S

11

Current study

2022

F

77

Jaundice, abdominal pain, and abdominal distention

Yes

No

14 × 10 × 9 cm true aneurysm, 2.5 × 2.5 cm true aneurysm, and 1.5 × 1.2 cm true aneurysm origin from posterior side of PDA

Ultrasonography

Doppler ultrasound

Abdominopelvic CT scan

CT angiography

Conventional angiography

Laparotomy

D

  1. PDAA pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm, PDA pancreaticoduodenal artery, RUQ right upper quadrant, PTBD percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, CT computed tomographic, TAE transcatheter arterial embolization, CAS celiac axis stenosis, M male, F female, F/U follow up, S survival, D death, GI gastrointestinal