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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.9573
Spontaneous rupture of an isolated splenic artery aneurysm: an unusual cause of an acute abdomen
Deniz Tihan1, Fikret Tanırgan2, Mustafa Menteş3
1Department of General Surgery, Şevket Yılmaz Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey
2Department of General Surgery, Deutsches Krankenhaus, İstanbul, Turkey
3Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty of Yeni Yüzyıl University, İstanbul, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.9573
A 65-year-old female patient who had a history of
hypertension was admitted to the hospital with a diffuse
abdominal pain. The physical examination revealed an acute
abdomen. Abdominal ultrasonography showed free fluid in
the abdominal cavity and the computed tomography revealed
an isolated splenic artery aneurysm. Laparotomy, ligation
of the splenic artery, splenectomy and cholecystectomy was
carried out. Case reports regarding spontaneous rupture of
the isolated splenic artery aneurysm are rare in the literature.
In this article, we report an unusual cause of acute abdomen.
Keywords : Acute abdomen; laparotomy; splenectomy; splenic artery aneurysm; splenic artery ligation
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