Endovascular exclusion of a splenic artery aneurysm using a pipeline embolization device.
The Pipeline Embolization Device (ev3 Endovascular Inc, Plymouth, Minnesota) is a new endovascular device designed to exclude suitable intracranial aneurysms. A 56-year-old woman presented with a symptomatic 4.1-cm splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) that was successfully managed with a two-staged treatment plan involving selective segmental splenic artery embolization and subsequent deployment of a Pipeline Embolization Device across the aneurysm neck to exclude the aneurysm and maintain splenic perfusion.
Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Room 3316, Halifax Infirmary Site, 1796 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3A7. rjabrahamresearch@gmail.com
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D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013157:Splenic Artery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed