Skip to main content
Download PDF
  • Research Article
  • Open access
  • Published:

Multiple splenic artery aneurysms in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report, brief literature review and discussion

Artery Research volume 4, pages 24–26 (2010)Cite this article

Abstract

Multiple splenic artery aneurysms in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report, brief literature review and discussion

References

  1. Stein Harry L, Watson Robin C. Multiple intrasplenic arterial aneurysms in Wilson’s disease. Am J Roentgenol Jun 1968;103: 441–3.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Madoff David C, Denys Alban, Wallace Michael J, Murthy Ravi, Gupta Sanjay, Pillsbury Edmund P, et al. Splenic arterial interventions: anatomy, indications, technical considerations, and potential complications. Radiographics 2005;25:s191–s211.

  3. Debnath Jyotindu, George Raju A, Rao Pankaj P, Ghosh Kunal. Splenic artery aneurysm: a rare cause for extrahepatic portal venous obstruction. Int J Surg; 2007;. doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2007.04.019.

  4. Agrawal Gautam A, Johnson Pamela T, Fishman Elliot K. Splenic artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms: clinical distinctions and ct appearances. Am J Roentgenol Apr 2007;188:992–9.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Masato Tochii, Hitoshi Ogino, Hiroaki Sasaki, Hitoshi Matsuda, Kenji Minatoya, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Soichiro Kitamura. Successful surgical treatment for aneurysm of splenic artery with anomalous origin. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 2005: 346–9.

  6. Ohmoto Kenji, Yamamoto Shinichiro, Ishimaru Hideki. Treatment of multiple splenic aneurysms by coil embolization. Am J Roentgenol Aug 2005;185:556–7.

  7. Juszkat Robert, Rowifska Zuzanna, Oszkinis Grzegorz, Pukacki Fryderyk, Brzezi Jacek. Combined surgical-endovascular treatment of multiple splenic artery aneurysms. Eur Radiol 2004; 14:2364–5.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Tessier DJ, Stone WM, Fowl RJ, Abbas MA, Andrews JC, Bower TC, et al. Clinical features and management of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm: case series and cumulative review of literature. J Vasc Surg 2003;38:969–74.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Mattar SG, Lumsden AB. The management of splenic artery aneurysms: experience with 23 cases. Am J Surg 1995;169:580–4; Remy D, Linder JL. Splenic aneurysm rupture: case report and review of the literature. Acta Chir Belg 1993;93:54–7.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago, RM, Chile

    David Busel & Alonso Yanez

  2. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA

    Edgard Jimenez & Christopher K. Johansen

Authors
  1. David Busel
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Alonso Yanez
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Edgard Jimenez
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Christopher K. Johansen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to David Busel.

Rights and permissions

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license https://doi.org/creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Busel, D., Yanez, A., Jimenez, E. et al. Multiple splenic artery aneurysms in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report, brief literature review and discussion. Artery Res 4, 24–26 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2009.12.001

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2009.12.001

Key Words

Artery Research

ISSN: 1876-4401

Contact us