Visceral aneurysm and vascular anomaly involving the splenic artery

Abstract

Visceral artery aneurysms are rare but potentially fatal. At present, they are detected with increasing frequency in asymptomatic patients because of the widespread use of different imaging modalities (1, 2). Standard treatment is surgical ligation or resection (3, 4), however, newer endovascular techniques have been applied with good results in selected patients (5–8). We describe a case of visceral aneurysm and vascular anomaly involving the splenic artery