title: Spontaneous rupture of a left gastroepiploic artery aneurysm in a patient with autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease.
abstract: Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) has been known to be associated with a variety of vascular diseases. We present a hemodialysis patient with ADPKD who died of a massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage caused by the spontaneous rupture of a left gastroepiploic artery aneurysm. A 64-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with acute upper abdominal pain and hemorrhagic shock. An abdominal angiography showed three aneurysms and the source of hemorrhage was assumed to be the left gastroepiploic artery aneurysm. The patient died of severe metabolic acidosis and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) on the second hospital day. At autopsy, there was massive bleeding into the abdominal cavity, and pathological examination of the left gastroepiploic artery aneurysm revealed a dissecting aneurysm. This is the first case describing a rupture of a gastroepiploic aneurysm in a patient with ADPKD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. yanagaba@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagaba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichinoe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuwaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higashihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soma
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D024405:Gastroepiploic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016891:Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy