Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas

Abstract

Splenic artery aneurysms are rare and occur predominantly in women. Most of them are asymptomatic until rupture. We report a previously healthy 73 year-old woman who presented with non specific symptoms: dyspepsia and constipation. Laboratory tests were normal. Subsequent examinations (ultrasound and CT) showed a large aneurysm of the splenic artery without any sign of rupture. Endovascular treatment remained successfully performed using coil embolization. During a 12-months follow-up period, the patient was asymptomatic and no evidences of complications or splenic infarction were observed on CT scans (Rev Méd Chile 2005; 133: 943-6).

Aneurisma de la Arteria esplénica. A propósito de un caso

“…Lo aneurismas de la Arteria esplénica son responsables de hasta del 60% de todos los aneurismas viscerales, y es el tercer aneurisma abdominal más común, después de los de aorta y de las arterias ilíaca (1) .…”