Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm with occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery, coeliac trunk and right renal artery.
Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysms are amongst the rarest of visceral aneurysms. We present here a case associated with occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery, coeliac trunk and right renal artery. Operative treatment was resection of the aneurysm, with end-to-end anastomosis. This is the first description of this condition from the UK, with only nine other reports worldwide. Such pathology may be caused by a "jet disorder" phenomenon, with increased flow through the inferior mesenteric artery due to chronic mesenteric occlusive disease.
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Department of Vascular Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK. kate.mandeville@imperial.ac.uk
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D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002445:Celiac Artery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017537:Mesenteric Artery, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000473:pathology; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*