title: Case report: splenic vein aneurysm--report of a lesion that progressively expanded.
abstract: A case of splenic vein aneurysm is reported. The patient was diagnosed as having a cirrhotic liver with portal hypertension. Computed tomography and angiography demonstrated a splenic vein aneurysm with saccular dilatation. The splenic vein aneurysm increased in size as the hepatic cirrhosis deteriorated; however, there were no complications such as rupture or thrombosis. To our knowledge this is the first report describing the development of a portal system aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine III, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohhira
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohhira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Namiki
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed