Splenic artery aneurysms (SAA) are the third most common intra-abdominal aneurysm. Complications include invasion into surrounding structures often in association with preexisting pancreatic disease. We describe an 88-year-old female, with no history of pancreatic disease, referred with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. CT angiography showed a splenic artery pseudoaneurysm with associated collec...

Cyrany J, Kopáčová M, Rejchrt S, Krajina A, Bureš J. Gastric arterial bleeding secondary to chronic occlusion of the splenic artery. Folia Gastroenterol Hepatol 2004; 2 (2): 92 98. Abstract. The authors present exceptional case of life threatening bleeding from fundic arterial collaterals in the patient with atherosclerotic chronic occlusion of the splenic artery. Haemostasis was achieved by en...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy (LSPDP) is an ideal procedure in selected patients with benign or low-grade malignant tumors in the body/tail of the pancreas. We describe our procedure and experience with splenic vessel-preserving LSPDP (SVP-LSPDP) in a retrospective case series. METHODS Six consecutive patients underwent SVP-LSPDP from January 2011 to Septembe...

Splenic artery aneurysms are an uncommon entity and are usually asymptomatic when diagnosed. Treatment is based on size, with aneurysms greater than 2 cm usually undergoing surgical repair. We present a case in which percutaneous thrombin injection was used for treatment of a splenic artery aneurysm.

We herein report the case of a splenic artery aneurysm with a hepatosplenomesenteric trunk that presented in a pregnant woman. Catheter embolization was not performed due to the wide neck of the aneurysm and its close location to the trunk indicates a high risk of mesenteric trunk thrombosis. We instead performed surgical resection of the aneurysm after successful delivery of the infant by Caes...

Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare complication of pancreatitis, carries a potentially high mortality rate and must be considered in recurrent pancreatitis. Advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, especially endovascular embolization, have decreased morbidity and mortality. We present a pediatric patient with splenic artery pseudoaneurysm following recurrent pancreatitis managed w...

Aneurisms of the splenic artery are rare clinical findings. Surgeons and interventional radiologists should co-operate in the management of this challenging disease; we describe here a surgical option.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours often present with insidious upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Initial definitive diagnosis can be difficult and therefore misdiagnosis is not infrequent. Here we report a case of upper GI bleeding caused by a splenic artery aneurysm that was misdiagnosed as a gastric GIST. This rare presentation of splenic artery aneurysm highlights the potential pitfalls of inv...

OBJECTIVE To study the distribution of the branches of the splenic artery and relate it to the radiological study of its intraparenchymal distribution, aiming to use this knowledge in partial splenectomy. METHODS In the macroscopic study, we used 60 human spleens which the splenic artery dissected from its origin to observe the division and the terminal branches directed to the spleen. We mea...

Objective Pancreatic stricture in trauma or chronic pancreatitis leads to increased intraductal pressure and localised leak of pancreatic juices which causes pseudoaneurysm of splenic artery or other adjacent arteries. Simultaneous surgery for ruptured splenic artery pseudoaneurysm and drainage procedure for pancreatic duct stricture is not reported in literature. Attempts to classify peripancr...