A giant splenic artery aneurysm: a case report

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6286

İhsan Sami Uyar, Faik Fevzi Okur, Beşir Akpınar, Feyzi Abacılar, Volkan Yurtman, Veysel Şahin, Mehmet Ateş

Şifa Üniversitesi Hastanesi Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, İzmir, Türkiye

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.6286

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Splenic artery aneurysms are uncommon clinical entities which usually follow an asymptomatic course having the risk for rupture and fatal hemorrhage. In this article, we present a 63-year-old male case with an abdominal pulsatile mass. As revealed by computed tomography (CT), a 23-cm diameter splenic artery aneurysm was strictly adherent to pancreas. The aneurysmal sac was excised through open surgical method and end-to-end anastomosis was performed on the splenic artery without any need to perform splenectomy.

Keywords : Huge aneurysm; splenic artery; surgical method

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