The purpose of this study was to evaluate outcomes of the endovascular treatment of splenic artery aneurysms (SAAs) and pseudoaneurysms (SAPAs). From April 2003 to December 2009, 12 patients (mean age 46.8 years, range 29-58) with SAAs (n = 9) or SAPAs (n = 3) underwent endovascular treatment. Four patients were asymptomatic and three had ruptured aneurysms. Lesions were in the proximal splenic...

Preoperative splenic artery embolization for massive splenomegaly has been shown to reduce intraoperative hemorrhage during splenectomy. We describe a case of tumor lysis syndrome after proximal splenic artery embolization in a patient with advanced mantle cell lymphoma and splenic involvement. The patient presented initially with hyperkalemia two days after embolization that worsened during sp...

Splenic artery embolisation can be performed preoperatively in an attempt to decrease thrombocyte destruction, or as an alternative to surgery, to obtain partial or total organ ablation. During this procedure, it is very important to deliver embolising agents distal to the origin to pancreatic branches to avoid the risk of pancreatitis. Therefore, a detailed knowledge of the anatomy of the sple...

Introduction: Aneurysms of the splenic artery are rare but potentially life-threatening problems and the risk of complications increases manifold with their increase in size. The portal vein aneurysms are even rarer with as few as only 200 cases being reported in the surgical literature. The presence of both aneurysms in the same patient has not been previously described. Such cases present a t...

dle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is a safe procedure, although major complications do rarely occur. Pseudoaneurysm rupture is an emergency that can cause life-threatening hemorrhage. An exceedingly rare case of ruptured pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery following EUS-FNA is described. A 62-year-old man was referred for investigation of a pancreatic tumor. On abdominal computed tomography (CT), a low...

Some rare anomalies of the celiaco-mesenteric system were observed postmortem in a Japanese adult male: a) The left gastric, common hepatic, splenic and superior mesenteric arteries arose independently from the abdominal aorta. b) The anterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery of the superior mesenteric artery issued a hepatic artery which ascended along the anterior surface of the pancreas a...

The pine marten (Martes martes) is a medium sized carnivore rarely found in Iran. The aim of this study was to describe species-specific characteristics of the celiac artery in pine marten. In pine marten examined in this study, it was observed that the celiac artery originated from the ventral aspect of abdominal aorta. The celiac artery was divided into two branches. A thick branch was the co...

Anatomy/Physiology Review: The spleen is a hemolymphatic organ that contributes to immune function, platelet synthesis, erythrocyte storage, and removal of senescent erythrocytes. A tough, muscular splenic capsule surrounds the “red pulp” (venous sinuses and mixed cellular tissue) and white pulp (nodular and diffuse lymphoid tissue). The splenic capsule is capable of significant contraction aft...