THE recognition of aneurysms of the splenic artery is important since death from spontaneous hemorrhage ultimately occurs in the majority of cases and since these aneurysms may be completely excised ...

The safe and practical method of intravenous abdominal aortography recently reported 8 began a milestone for diagnosis of aneurysms of the hepatic and splenic arteries. The 2 patients described below ...

Trochimczuk M, Gewartowska M, Stańczyk M. Endovascular treatment of a giant splenic artery aneurysm. Pol Arch Intern Med. 2022; 132: 16180. doi:10.20452/pamw.161810 ...

Splenic artery aneurysms (SAAs) are the most common visceral aneurysms. Endovascular treatment of SAAs is increasingly used. Appropriate preoperative imaging of aneurysms is crucial to treatment ...

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Sarah Blackburn's experience highlights the importance of routine medical checkups. Despite a healthy lifestyle, a full-body MRI revealed her splenic artery aneurysm. Blackburn's proactive approach ...

Dear Dr. Gott: My husband has a splenic-artery aneurysm. It is large, measuring 5.7 centimeters. It is on the bottom left side of his rib cage near the spleen and pancreas. In six months, it grew from ...

Background Rupture of the spleen in the absence of trauma or previously diagnosed disease is largely ignored in the emergency literature and is often not documented as such in journals from other ...