title: Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm with occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery, coeliac trunk and right renal artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK. kate.mandeville@imperial.ac.uk
authors.forename: K L D
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Mandeville
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bicknell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Narula
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Renton
mesh_terms: 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*