Percutaneous endovascular management of a splenic artery aneurysm.
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.
Pitoulias
G A
GA
2nd Surgical Department, Division of Vascular Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. pitulias@med.auth.gr
Tachtsi
M D
MD
Vlachakis
I K
IK
Kapoulas
K C
KC
Papadimitriou
D K
DK
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