title: [Superior mesenteric artery aneurysm treated with endovascular stentgraft implantation].
abstract: Aneurysms of the superior mesenteric are very rare and comprises 5.5% of all visceral artery aneurysms. A 60-year-old male was admitted to the General and Vascular Surgery Department due to the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) aneurysm, diagnosed in angio CT. Due to wide neck of the aneurysm and its localization in the mid-die segment of the SMA, a decision to implant a stentgraft was made. After surgical exposure of the right common femoral artery, a stentgraft Viabahn was implanted into the SMA. Control angiography revealed total aneurysm exclusion and patent SMA. Periprocedural course was uneventful. Follow-up CT scan 2 year after the procedure revealed no contrast filling of the aneurysm and patent SMA. A stentgraft implantation is a effective method of treatment of the wide-necked SMA aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Radiologii Klinicznej Katedry Radiologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu, Szpital Kliniczny Przemienienia Pańskiego w Poznaniu. robertju@wp.pl
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juszkat
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarzecka
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winckiewicz
authors.forename: Wacław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Majewski
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency