Giant aneurysm of the splenic artery in an elderly man short report and review of the literature.
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.
Zampieri
Fabio
F
General and Emergency Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Italy.
Gentile
Valerio
V
Lippolis
Piero Vincenzo
PV
Zocco
Giuseppe
G
Chiarugi
Massimo
M
Seccia
Massimo
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013157:Splenic Artery