An acute presentation of visceral artery aneurysm.
A 56-year-old patient presented with shock and severe abdominal pain. Initial blood tests, erect chest x-ray and focused ultrasound were not diagnostic. CT imaging demonstrated bleeding from a superior mesenteric artery aneurysm. Operative treatment with ligation of the bleeding point and packing of the abdomen successfully controlled the bleeding. He eventually made a full recovery.
Emergency Department, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster, UK. michael@gradmedic.org
Michael
M
Stewart
Reuben
R
Roy
D000208:Acute Disease; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001158:Arteries; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014781:Viscera / Q000098:blood supply*