Emergent embolization of a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm complicating Menkes disease

John F. Olivieri, BS; Arthie Jeyakumar, MD; Giridhar M. Shivaram, MD; Kevin S.H. Koo, MD; Eric J. Monroe, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Dec 2018)

Emergent embolization of a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm complicating Menkes disease

John F. Olivieri, BS,
Arthie Jeyakumar, MD,
Giridhar M. Shivaram, MD,
Kevin S.H. Koo, MD,
Eric J. Monroe, MD

Affiliations

John F. Olivieri, BS: Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Arthie Jeyakumar, MD: Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Giridhar M. Shivaram, MD: Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
Kevin S.H. Koo, MD: Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
Eric J. Monroe, MD: Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 6
pp. 1267 – 1270

Abstract

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We report a 7-year-old boy with Menkes disease complicated by rupture of a large splenic artery aneurysm. The aneurysm was successfully embolized with microcoils and n-butyl cyanoacrylate. Further angiographic evaluation revealed marked tortuosity of mesenteric and lower extremity vasculature, including the femoral arteries bilaterally, without aneurysm formation. The patient has since been evaluated annually with computed tomography angiography and there have been no additional vascular complications of his disease during 3-year follow up. Keywords: Aneurysm, Embolization, Menkes

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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