title: Spontaneous occlusion of post-traumatic splenic pseudoaneurysm: report of two cases in children.
abstract: Conservative therapy for splenic injuries is widely advocated. The advantages of conservative therapy for splenic injuries include the preservation of splenic immune function, prevention of overwhelming post-splenectomy sepsis, and avoidance of laparotomy and its associated early and late complications. Pseudoaneurysms of the splenic artery branch are encountered because of the prevalence of conservative management and widespread use of imaging techniques in the follow-up of these cases. We report two cases of post-traumatic splenic pseudoaneurysm in children which thrombosed spontaneously, one during the diagnostic angiogram examination and another on follow-up studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Imaging, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia 2145.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raghavan
authors.forename: Christopher Kah Fook
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Vivienne
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stockton
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013157:Splenic Artery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media