A 22 year old female with a history of recurrent abdominal pain was transferred to our institution with a diagnosis of splenic artery aneurysm identified on imaging. CT angiography of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a partially thrombosed 3.0 cm splenic artery aneurysm without signs of rupture and with an anomalous origin from the superior mesenteric artery. The patient was successfully treated with endovascular exclusion of the aneurysm. Herein we review some of the nuances of endovascular repair of splenic artery aneurysm.
BerceliSA. Hepatic and splenic artery aneurysms. Semin Vasc Surg. 2005;18(4):196–201.
2.
GuillaumonATChaimEA. Splenic artery aneurysm associated with anatomic variations in origin. J Vasc Bras. 2009;8(2):177–181.
3.
AbbasMAStoneWMFowlRJ. Splenic artery aneurysms: two decades experience at Mayo Clinic. Annals of Vasc Surg. 2002;16(4):442–449.
4.
TessierDJStoneWMFowlRJ. Clinical features and management of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm: case series and cumulative review of literature. J Vasc Surg. 2003;38(5):969–974.
5.
AbadaHTCapassoPGolzarianJ. Endovascular options for splenic artery aneurysms. Endovascular Today [internet]. 2012 April [cited 2016 Dec 22]. Web site. http://evtoday.com/pdfs/et0412_F3_Abada.pdf.
6.
KulkarniCBMoorthySPullaraSKKannanRR. Endovascular treatment of aneurysm of splenic artery arising from splenomesenteric trunk using stent graft. Korean J Radiol. 2013;14(6):931–934.
