Successful angiographic stent-graft treatment for spontaneously dissecting broad-base pseudoaneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery.
Visceral arterial aneurysm is an uncommon form of vascular disease that has a significant potential for rupture or erosion into an adjacent viscera, resulting in life-threatening hemorrhage. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) aneurysms are especially rare, comprising only 5-8% of all visceral arterial aneurysms. Traditionally, the most common treatment for SMA aneurysms has been simple surgical ligation of the proximal and distal vessel. Herein, we report the case of a 53-year-old man with a dissecting pseudoaneurysm of the SMA, demonstrated by multi-slice computed tomography and angiography. The patient was successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting.
Tsai
Hsin-Yu
HY
Emergency Department, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Yang
Tsung-Lung
TL
Wann
Shue-Ren
SR
Yen
Muh-Yong
MY
Chang
Hong-Tai
HT
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000628:therapy*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents