Abstract
With development of diagnostic imaging in recent years, pancreaticoduodenal artery (PDA) aneurysms are found incidentally. We report a case of PDA aneurysm treated laparoscopically. A 67-year-old man was admitted with an asymptomatic abdominal visceral aneurysm detected on a screening abdominal CT scan. 3D-CT showed a PDA aneurysm 30 mm in diameter located in the PDA. To effectively treat the patient and given the advantages of minimally invasive surgery, we resected the aneurysm laparoscopically. There were no intraoperative or postoperative complications. The patient has been doing well for 2.5 years after surgery. Laparoscopic surgery is a safe therapeutic option for the patient with a non-ruptured true PDA aneurysm.
