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Massive Hematemesis from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting Two Years after Penetrating Trauma

Splenic artery pseudoaneurysms (PSA) are rare entities and far less common than true aneurysms of the splenic artery. The most common etiology is pancreatitis, recurrent either in the setting of chronic pancreatitis or as an episode of acute pancreatitis. Less common causes include trauma, peptic ul...

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Autores principales: Abbey-Mensah, Geraldine, Herskowitz, Michael M., Walsh, James, Leonardo, Robert F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5971296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7473168
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author Abbey-Mensah, Geraldine
Herskowitz, Michael M.
Walsh, James
Leonardo, Robert F.
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description Splenic artery pseudoaneurysms (PSA) are rare entities and far less common than true aneurysms of the splenic artery. The most common etiology is pancreatitis, recurrent either in the setting of chronic pancreatitis or as an episode of acute pancreatitis. Less common causes include trauma, peptic ulcer disease, or iatrogenic causes. Almost all of the trauma-related case reports have been due to blunt trauma. We believe this to be the first reported case of a splenic artery PSA presenting with massive hematemesis at a significant time frame after penetrating trauma. Successful transcatheter treatment was performed and alternative techniques are also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-59712962018-06-03 Massive Hematemesis from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting Two Years after Penetrating Trauma Abbey-Mensah, Geraldine Herskowitz, Michael M. Walsh, James Leonardo, Robert F. Case Rep Radiol Case Report Splenic artery pseudoaneurysms (PSA) are rare entities and far less common than true aneurysms of the splenic artery. The most common etiology is pancreatitis, recurrent either in the setting of chronic pancreatitis or as an episode of acute pancreatitis. Less common causes include trauma, peptic ulcer disease, or iatrogenic causes. Almost all of the trauma-related case reports have been due to blunt trauma. We believe this to be the first reported case of a splenic artery PSA presenting with massive hematemesis at a significant time frame after penetrating trauma. Successful transcatheter treatment was performed and alternative techniques are also discussed. Hindawi 2018-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5971296/ /pubmed/29862112 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7473168 Text en Copyright © 2018 Geraldine Abbey-Mensah et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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.
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Abbey-Mensah, Geraldine
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Massive Hematemesis from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting Two Years after Penetrating Trauma
title Massive Hematemesis from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting Two Years after Penetrating Trauma
title_full Massive Hematemesis from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting Two Years after Penetrating Trauma
title_fullStr Massive Hematemesis from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting Two Years after Penetrating Trauma
title_full_unstemmed Massive Hematemesis from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting Two Years after Penetrating Trauma
title_short Massive Hematemesis from a Splenic Artery Pseudoaneurysm Presenting Two Years after Penetrating Trauma
title_sort massive hematemesis from a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm presenting two years after penetrating trauma
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5971296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29862112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7473168
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