Anatomical variations of the inferior mesenteric artery are extremely uncommon, since the inferior mesenteric artery is regularly diverged at the level of the third lumbar vertebra. We found a rare case in which the inferior mesenteric artery arose from the superior mesenteric artery. The findings were made during a routine dissection of the cadaver of an 82-yr-old Korean woman. This is the ten...

BACKGROUND Aneurysms of an aberrant splenic artery originating from the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) are extremely rare; however, they are clinically important because possible rupture could be catastrophic. The methods of treatment for this condition include surgical resection, minimally invasive techniques (include laparoscopic technique) and endovascular therapy. The purpose of this stud...

Müge Taşdemir Mete E, Kısa U, Baştopçu M. The relationship of inferior mesenteric artery occlusion with abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter and intramural thrombus thickness. Turk J Vasc Surg 2022; 31(2): 098-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.9739/tjvs.2022.1196

Covering and embolizing the celiac artery has been reported to be a relatively safe procedure, owing to the rich collateral pathway between the celiac artery and superior mesenteric artery. A 69-year-old man presented with an aneurysm on the distal descending aorta. The proximity of the aneurysm to the celiac artery origin necessitated covering the artery with a stent graft. Additionally, the c...

We report a case of a large-diameter inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) that was associated with an occluded superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and a celiac artery (CA) that had significant stenosis in a 79-year-old man with a ruptured right common iliac artery aneurysm. Nonenhanced computed tomography (CT) was performed at another hospital to examine his sudden abdominal pain; it showed the ruptur...

Introduction: Venous aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms are rare entities; portal system aneurysms are shown as focal dilatations of the portal venous system. Superior mesenteric vein aneurysms are extremely rare. Case Report: We describe a case of superior mesenteric vein aneurysm in an asymptomatic 73­year­old female. Although one cause of portal system aneurysm is portal hypertension, in this rar...

A 70 year-old male sustained an AAD 8 years previously and was being monitored for an enlarging abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). A computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed an 8cm diameter AAA extending 9cm above the origin of the coeliac axis (CA). At the level of renal arteries (RAs) there was a dissection flap pressurising the false lumen. Both the RAs arose from the true lumen as did the supe...