Association of portal hypertension and ruptured splenic artery aneurysm in pregnancy.
Spontaneous rupture of a splenic artery aneurysm is a rare, usually catastrophic event complicating pregnancy. Among risk factors for splenic artery aneurysm in nonpregnant patients is portal hypertension. The third case of rupture of splenic artery aneurysm in a patient with portal hypertension is reported, and previous reports are reviewed. In each of these cases the portal hypertension was due to hepatic cirrhosis. A previously unreported association between portal hypertension in pregnancy and rupture of a splenic artery aneurysm is presented.
D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications*; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013157:Splenic Artery; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications*