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Ulus Travma Acil Cer · Jan 2016
Case ReportsSpontaneous rupture of the splenic artery aneurysm: a rare clinical presentation of acute abdomen.
- Mehmet Timuçin Aydın, Mehmet Mahir Fersahoğlu, Sinan Tezer, Mehmet Okuducu, Birol Ağca, and Kemal Memişoğlu.
- Department of General Surgery, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. mtimucina@gmail.com.
- Ulus Travma Acil Cer. 2016 Jan 1; 22 (1): 106-8.
AbstractSplenic artery aneurysms are very rare causes of acute abdomen but are important to recognize since they carry high rate of mortality when ruptured. The aim of this study was to present a middle aged man with sudden onset of abdominal pain. Being previously on steroid treatment due to sarcoidosis, the patient developed hypovolemic shock during work-up in diagnostic imaging and went on emergency laparatomy. The source was identified as a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm. Splenectomy en bloc with the aneurysmatic distal splenic artery was performed, and he was discharged uneventfully. Despite rare, it is important to recognize splenic artery aneurysm in the emergency department, and immediate intervention is required to save the patient.
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