Aneurysm of Anomalous Splenic Artery

Aneurysm of anomalous splenic artery arising from a splenomesenteric trunk: Review of the literature with a report of a new case

“…The incidence of SA aneurysm is estimated to be around 0.8 %, though the exact number is not known [ 1 ]. We searched through the Medline, PubMed, and Google scholar and were able to find only 44 reported of anomalous SA aneurysms ( Table 1 ) [ 1 , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] ]. The combined rarity of these two conditions explains why so few cases are reported in English medical literature.…”

Open surgery for aneurysms of the splenic artery at the hilum of the spleen: Report of three cases

“…Rarely aneurysms may arise from a splenic artery with an aberrant origin from the superior mesenteric artery [ 8 , 10 , 11 , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] ]. In this setting also coil embolization has been successfully applied [ 3 , 11 ].…”

Endovascular stent-graft placement and coil embolization for an anomalous splenic artery aneurysm

“…To date, 24 cases have been reported in the literature. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Of these 25 cases (including the current case), 18 were female (72%) and seven were male (28%). Mean age was 49.2 Ϯ 12.5 years (range, 29-76 years).…”