Case Report

Splenic Artery Aneursm Rupture

  • Mustafa Devran Aybar
  • A. Yüksel Barut
  • Adil Öztürk
  • İmran Demirci
  • Göksel Tuzcu

İstanbul Med J 2010;11(2):92-95

Splenic artery aneurysm is the most seen aneurysm type of the splanchnic artery layer and has the third frequency after the aortic and iliac artery aneuryms within the abdominal aneurysms (l,2 ). It has clinical importance because of the bleedings that can result with mortalities. Approximately over 75% of cases can result with morta­lity early diagnosis is very important. In this article, we present int­raparenchimal located splenic artery aneurysm and ruptur at the treatment process of a male patient.

Keywords: Splenic artery aneurysm, CT, MRI