Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas

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 an...

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Autores principales: Larraín de la C,Demetrio, Fava P,Mario, Espinoza G,Ricardo
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2005
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720050008000112014-08-12Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticasLarraín de la C,DemetrioFava P,MarioEspinoza G,Ricardo Aneurysm Embolization, therapeutic Splenic artery 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 scansinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.133 n.8 20052005-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005000800011es10.4067/S0034-98872005000800011
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Aneurysm
Embolization, therapeutic
Splenic artery
spellingShingle Aneurysm
Embolization, therapeutic
Splenic artery
Larraín de la C,Demetrio
Fava P,Mario
Espinoza G,Ricardo
Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas
description 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
author Larraín de la C,Demetrio
Fava P,Mario
Espinoza G,Ricardo
author_facet Larraín de la C,Demetrio
Fava P,Mario
Espinoza G,Ricardo
author_sort Larraín de la C,Demetrio
title Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas
title_short Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas
title_full Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas
title_fullStr Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas
title_full_unstemmed Aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: Diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas
title_sort aneurisma de la arteria esplénica: diagnóstico diferencial y alternativas terapéuticas
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2005
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005000800011
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