Rupture of Multiple Splenic Artery Aneurysms: A Common Presentation of a Rare Disease with a Review of Literature

The splenic artery is the most frequent site of visceral arterial aneurysms. Usually a splenic artery aneurysm occurs as a single event; rupture is frequent, sometimes occurring as the first symptom and is sometimes fatal. This article presents a case of ruptured multiple splenic artery aneurysms—th...

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Autor principal: Zubaidi, Ahmad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568559
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.45061
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description The splenic artery is the most frequent site of visceral arterial aneurysms. Usually a splenic artery aneurysm occurs as a single event; rupture is frequent, sometimes occurring as the first symptom and is sometimes fatal. This article presents a case of ruptured multiple splenic artery aneurysms—the symptoms and signs, operative and perioperative management, as well as a literature review of this clinically important entity.
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spelling pubmed-27029502009-06-30 Rupture of Multiple Splenic Artery Aneurysms: A Common Presentation of a Rare Disease with a Review of Literature Zubaidi, Ahmad Saudi J Gastroenterol Case Report The splenic artery is the most frequent site of visceral arterial aneurysms. Usually a splenic artery aneurysm occurs as a single event; rupture is frequent, sometimes occurring as the first symptom and is sometimes fatal. This article presents a case of ruptured multiple splenic artery aneurysms—the symptoms and signs, operative and perioperative management, as well as a literature review of this clinically important entity. Medknow Publications 2009-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2702950/ /pubmed/19568559 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.45061 Text en © The Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Rupture of Multiple Splenic Artery Aneurysms: A Common Presentation of a Rare Disease with a Review of Literature
title Rupture of Multiple Splenic Artery Aneurysms: A Common Presentation of a Rare Disease with a Review of Literature
title_full Rupture of Multiple Splenic Artery Aneurysms: A Common Presentation of a Rare Disease with a Review of Literature
title_fullStr Rupture of Multiple Splenic Artery Aneurysms: A Common Presentation of a Rare Disease with a Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Rupture of Multiple Splenic Artery Aneurysms: A Common Presentation of a Rare Disease with a Review of Literature
title_short Rupture of Multiple Splenic Artery Aneurysms: A Common Presentation of a Rare Disease with a Review of Literature
title_sort rupture of multiple splenic artery aneurysms: a common presentation of a rare disease with a review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19568559
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.45061
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