Giant celiac axis aneurysm

Serkan Burç Deşer, Semih Murat Yücel

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2017.14684

Aneurysms of the celiac axis account for 4% of all splanchnic aneurysms.[1,2] Patients are usually asymptomatic and the aneurysms are detected incidentally.

A 35-year-old male patient presented with epigastric pain and nausea for three months. He had no personal or family history of vascular disease. He denied any history of trauma or infection. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography angiogram revealed a 51¥30 mm saccular aneurysm arising from the celiac axis and a 31¥24 mm saccular aneurysm arising from the inferior vena cava. Unfortunately, he refused the intervention.

Figure 1: (a) Three dimentional view of celiac artery aneurysm. (b, c) Two dimentional view of the celiac artery aneurysm.
CAA: Celiac artery aneurysm; AA: Abdominal aorta; SMA: Superior mesenteric arter; IVC: Inferior vena cava; CHA: Common hepatic artery; SA: Splenic artery.

Declaration of conflicting interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.

Funding
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article.

References

1) Twine C, Wood A, Williams I. Surgical repair of a coeliac artery aneurysm. J Vasc Surg 2013;57:848.

2) Ayad MT, Batista P, Whisenhunt AK, Salvatore D, Abai B, DiMuzio PJ. Endovascular treatment of celiac axis aneurysm with a covered stent: Case presentation and review of the literature. Reviews inVascular Medicine 2014;2:83-7.

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