title: [Spontaneous rupture of a superior mesenteric artery: report of two cases].
abstract: Superior mesenteric artery aneurysms are rare. Diagnosis and treatment are a real challenge. We report two cases of this type of vascular anomaly revealed by spontaneous rupture. The diagnosis was made by abdominal computed tomography angiography and treatment consisted in aneurysmorraphy in one case and bowel resection with the distal aneurysm in the second.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale A, Tunis faculty of medicine, university of Tunis El-Manar, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, boulevard 9-Avril-1938, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie. Electronic address: samidaldoul@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daldoul
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale A, Tunis faculty of medicine, university of Tunis El-Manar, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, boulevard 9-Avril-1938, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eddine Khmir
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale A, Tunis faculty of medicine, university of Tunis El-Manar, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, boulevard 9-Avril-1938, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khmili
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale A, Tunis faculty of medicine, university of Tunis El-Manar, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, boulevard 9-Avril-1938, 1006 Tunis, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaouche
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Aneurysm; Anévrisme; Chirurgie; Mesentery; Mésentère; Rupture; Surgery