title: Percutaneous endovascular management of a splenic artery aneurysm.
abstract: Splenic artery aneurysms are extremely rare lesions. Elective repair of these aneurysms is justified only if the aneurysm's size is greater than 2 cm and the predicted peri-operative mortality is below 0.5%. Percutaneous techniques minimise the peri-operative morbidity and mortality rates and offer a safe and effective treatment option. We report a coil-embolisation of a 5.1 cm splenic artery aneurysm and a short review of the literature concerning the endovascular treatment options.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Surgical Department, Division of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. pitulias@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Pitoulias
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Tachtsi
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Vlachakis
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kapoulas
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Papadimitriou
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed