title: Giant aneurysm of the splenic artery in an elderly man short report and review of the literature.
abstract: Splenic Artery Aneurysms (SAAs) are usually single and small lesions, and their size rarely exceed 3 cm. In a review of the literature from 1950 to date, only 18 aneurysms defined as "giant" were found in 15 reported papers.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case of an 87-year-old man, successfully treated for a 7 cm wide aneurysm of the splenic artery is reported. Except for his age, the patient did not show any significant association with aneurysm-related diseases and was successfully submitted to en-bloc aneurysmectomy and splenectomy via open surgery.
authors.affiliation: General and Emergency Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zampieri
authors.forename: Valerio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: Piero Vincenzo
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Lippolis
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zocco
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiarugi
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seccia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013157:Splenic Artery