title: [Hemorrhagic acute abdomen due to rupture of splenic artery aneurysm. Tomography contribution in the diagnosis].
abstract: Three new splenic artery aneurysm rupture cases are presented insisting on the usefulness of abdominal helicoidal computed tomography (AHCT) with intravenous contrast pump. The three patients presented were hospitalized showing acute abdomen associated with non-traumatic hypovolemic shock. In two of the three cases, abdominal computed tomography was used to arrive at the pre-surgical diagnosis. In one of them the abdominal computed tomography with intravenous contrast pump was used, which showed high specificity for the diagnosis, thus becoming a useful methodology whenever arteriography is not available.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital Municipal de Agudos Dr. Leónidas Lucero, Bahía Blanca. storkgus@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stork
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pezzutti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Recio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marchan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caviglia
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology*; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed