title: Giant aneurysm of the splenic artery adherent to the pancreas with splenic infarct: report of a case.
abstract: Giant aneurysms of the splenic artery are extremely rare clinical entities. The size of splenic aneurysms rarely exceeds 3 cm. The treatment includes surgical procedures that sometimes require pancreatectomy. We present a case of a 9 cm giant splenic artery aneurysm tightly adherent to the pancreas which was treated surgically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Selcuk University, Meram Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey. ertugrulkayacetin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kayacetin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yol
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kayacetin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D013156:Splenectomy; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery