Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Dec 2017)

Emergency endovascular coiling of a ruptured giant splenic artery aneurysm

  • Erika Wernheden, MD,
  • Anne-Sofie Brenøe, MD,
  • Saeid Shahidi, MD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2017.10.008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4
pp. 240 – 242

Abstract

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Splenic artery aneurysms (SAAs) are the third most common abdominal aneurysm. Endovascular treatment of SAAs is preferred, and coiling is the most commonly used technique. Ruptured giant (>5 cm) SAAs are usually treated with open surgery including splenectomy. We present a rare case of a ruptured 15-cm giant SAA in an 84-year-old woman treated successfully with emergency endovascular coiling. To our knowledge, this is one of the few reports of emergency endovascular treatment for ruptured giant SAA.