title: Surgical Treatment of a Giant Right Hepatic Artery Aneurysm with an Aberrant Left Hepatic Artery: Report of a Case.
abstract: Hepatic artery aneurysms are rare. We describe a case of a successful surgical treatment of a giant hepatic aneurysm without revascularization. A 63-year-old female was admitted to our department complaining of abdominal pain. Computed tomography showed a thrombosed hepatic artery aneurysm measuring 5.5 cm in diameter. A celiac angiography revealed an aberrant left hepatic artery and a right hepatic aneurysm. Liver blood flow and the right hepatic aneurysm were visualized via collateral pathway from the aberrant left hepatic artery. We performed an aneurysmorrhaphy without revascularization. Postoperative course was uneventful and the patient is doing well 3 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shukuzawa
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Toya
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Soichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Momose
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Jikei University Kashiwa Hospital, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akiba
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohki
keywords: aneurysm; hepatic artery; surgical treatment