title: Imaging investigation of a giant splenic artery aneurysm.
abstract: Splenic artery aneurysms represent approximately 60% of visceral arterial aneurysms. Their incidence at autopsy is 0.02 - 2 % in all age groups and rises to 10.4% above the age of 60. Although splenic artery aneurysms are the most common visceral aneurysms, giant splenic artery aneurysms >10 cm in diameter have rarely been reported. A recent review of the literature came up with 12 true giant splenic artery aneurysms >10 cm. A case of 12-cm splenic artery aneurysms is presented in this study and the imaging findings are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece. mvlychou@med.uth.gr
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vlychou
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kokkinis
authors.forename: Sotiria
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stathopoulou
authors.forename: Constantinos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tsilikas
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lazoura
authors.forename: Adamantia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petinelli
authors.forename: Paraskevi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Papadaki
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fezoulidis
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color