title: Diagnosis of splanchnic artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms, with special reference to contrast enhanced 3D magnetic resonance angiography: a review.
abstract: Splanchnic artery aneurysms are rare. In the past, conventional angiography was the only way to detect them, but today non-invasive techniques are available. Breath-hold contrast-enhanced 3D magnetic resonance angiography has become a routine examination for evaluation of the aorta and its visceral branches. In this article, we briefly discuss the technical aspects of 3D contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography and illustrate various splanchnic artery aneurysms-pseudoaneurysms with their main characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Département de Radiologie Digestive du Pr PJ Valette, Lyon, France. frank.pilleul@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pilleul
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Beuf
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000473:pathology; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000473:pathology; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000473:pathology; D014781:Viscera / Q000098:blood supply*