An Early Diagnosis of Gastroepiploic Arterial Aneurysm during a Routine Abdominal Ultrasound Study

Gastroepiploic arterial aneurysm (GEAA) is a rare condition, but the rupture risk is very high. We report the case of a patient with incidental finding of GEAA during US examination. The diagnosis was confirmed by a computed tomography and an angiographic study. A classic laparotomy with aneurysmect...

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Autores principales: Casella, Giovanni, Sartirana, Adriana, Vandoni, Pietro, Di Bella, Camillo, Pagni, Fabio, Nobili, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606421
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/570239
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author Casella, Giovanni
Sartirana, Adriana
Vandoni, Pietro
Di Bella, Camillo
Pagni, Fabio
Nobili, Paolo
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Sartirana, Adriana
Vandoni, Pietro
Di Bella, Camillo
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Nobili, Paolo
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description Gastroepiploic arterial aneurysm (GEAA) is a rare condition, but the rupture risk is very high. We report the case of a patient with incidental finding of GEAA during US examination. The diagnosis was confirmed by a computed tomography and an angiographic study. A classic laparotomy with aneurysmectomy has been successfully performed.
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spelling pubmed-33502382012-05-17 An Early Diagnosis of Gastroepiploic Arterial Aneurysm during a Routine Abdominal Ultrasound Study Casella, Giovanni Sartirana, Adriana Vandoni, Pietro Di Bella, Camillo Pagni, Fabio Nobili, Paolo Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Gastroepiploic arterial aneurysm (GEAA) is a rare condition, but the rupture risk is very high. We report the case of a patient with incidental finding of GEAA during US examination. The diagnosis was confirmed by a computed tomography and an angiographic study. A classic laparotomy with aneurysmectomy has been successfully performed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3350238/ /pubmed/22606421 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/570239 Text en Copyright © 2011 Giovanni Casella et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Casella, Giovanni
Sartirana, Adriana
Vandoni, Pietro
Di Bella, Camillo
Pagni, Fabio
Nobili, Paolo
An Early Diagnosis of Gastroepiploic Arterial Aneurysm during a Routine Abdominal Ultrasound Study
title An Early Diagnosis of Gastroepiploic Arterial Aneurysm during a Routine Abdominal Ultrasound Study
title_full An Early Diagnosis of Gastroepiploic Arterial Aneurysm during a Routine Abdominal Ultrasound Study
title_fullStr An Early Diagnosis of Gastroepiploic Arterial Aneurysm during a Routine Abdominal Ultrasound Study
title_full_unstemmed An Early Diagnosis of Gastroepiploic Arterial Aneurysm during a Routine Abdominal Ultrasound Study
title_short An Early Diagnosis of Gastroepiploic Arterial Aneurysm during a Routine Abdominal Ultrasound Study
title_sort early diagnosis of gastroepiploic arterial aneurysm during a routine abdominal ultrasound study
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606421
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/570239
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