Pathology of the splenic artery

Sinzinger, H.; Firbas, W

doi:10.1007/bf02002617

Experientia

1985

DOI: 10.1007/bf02002617

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Pathology of the splenic artery

H. Sinzinger

W Firbas

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“…Malinovsky et al (1992; see fot review) dealt with thè causes of tortuosity in human arteries in generai and studied thè arterial wall by electron microscopy. They concluded that tortuosity of arteries, aneurysms and arteriomegaly (angiomegaly) are caused by congenital, age-dependent and pathological changes in thè elastic material in thè vessel wall and that these changes differ morphologically from atherosclerosis (for comparison see David, 1967;Fuchs, 1977;Malinovska et al, 1985;Sinzinger and Firbas, 1985). The sanie conclusion had already been reached by Ertegrul (1967) using light microscopy.…”

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Schlängelung und Verkalkung der Milzarterie im Röntgenbild

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2008

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Tortuosity of the splenic artery and calcification of the vessel wall are typical additional findings on plain abdominal x-ray. The combination of both anomalies is common in elderly persons presenting without symptoms of splenic ischemia. Its pathogenesis is thought to be multifactorial. In infancy and childhood, the splenic artery is stretched in its entire course. A growing difference between the length of the vessel and the distance between its origin and the splenic hilum gives rise to tortuosity. The artery's proximal segment is involved more frequently and more severely than the distal one. The tortuous route of the vessel is accentuated by the direction of its major branches, which is roughly perpendicular to the main trajectory. Neither tortuosity nor calcification should be taken to be risk factors for the comparatively common splenic artery aneurysm. Calcific deposits are not confined to the media but are also detected in the intima of the vascular wall. Critical narrowings of the lumen arising on the calcium deposits are not observed. Calcifying atherosclerosis of the splenic artery is comparable to medial sclerosis of the peripheral arteries frequently noticed in diabetics and dialysis patients. Only the less important calcification of the intima may be attributed to mechanisms of the hydrohemodynamic theory of atherosclerosis. The spleen's blood storage capacity may contribute to the characteristic age-dependent alterations of the shape and course of the splenic artery.

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Pathology of the splenic artery

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Schlängelung und Verkalkung der Milzarterie im Röntgenbild

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