title: Spontaneous rupture of a splenic artery aneurysm in the third trimester.
abstract: Due to the difficulties in the diagnosis of ruptured splenic artery aneurysm in pregnancy both maternal and fetal mortality continue to be high. A case is presented of a 37 year old woman who ruptured a splenic artery aneurysm at 29 weeks gestation. The presentation of the disease, its risk factors and treatment, as well as a review of the literature are presented here.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: English
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013157:Splenic Artery