간의 혈류는 간동맥과 간문맥으로 공급되기 때문에 간경색은 비교적 드문 질환이고 특히 수술이나 시술 등의 합병증으로 인한 간경색이 아닌 만성 췌장염에 의한 간경색은 더 드물다. 본 저자들은 평소 술을 자주 마시는 만성 췌장염 병력이 있는 31세 여자 환자가 복부 통증을 주소로 내원하여 만성 췌장염에 병발된 간경색과 하췌십이지장동맥의 가성동맥류를 진단하였고 헤파린 투여 및 코일색전술을 통하여 치료에 성공했던 증례를 경험하여 보고한다.

Liver infarction is rare because of dual blood supply of the liver with hepatic artery and portal vein. And its occurrence as a complication of chronic pancreatitis is rarer. We present a case of chronic pancreatitis complicated by liver infarction and inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm. A 31-year-old female with alcoholism presented with severe acute epigastric pain. Serum amylase and lipase were 203 IU/L and 78 IU/L, respectively. Initial computed tomography (CT) scan showed peripancreatic infiltration, fluid collection, right portal vein thrombosis, and a large wedge-shaped low attenuation in the right hepatic lobe. The patient has been treated with heparin. Follow-up CT scan done after 4 days of heparin treatment demonstrated a pseudocyst with internal hemorrhage and a pseudoaneurysm. Angiography revealed a pseudoaneurysm in inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery. Coil embolization of the artery was done. The patient has been discharged without complication. Follow-up CT scan showed resolution of liver infarction, portal vein thrombosis and pseudoaneurysm.