title: Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm.
abstract: This case reports a very large inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm and highlights the importance of proper preoperative arteriography in the patients work-up. In addition the case demonstrates an anomalous arterial supply to the gastrointestinal tract from a dilated inferior mesenteric artery which due to occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery and coeliac axis may have been instrumental in the development of this aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sugrue
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mehigan
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Hederman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography