"Haemosuccus pancreaticus" is an unusual cause of severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding and results from rupture of splenic artery aneurysm into the pancreatic duct. More commonly, it is a pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery which develops as sequelae of pancreatitis. However, true aneurysm of the splenic artery without pancreatitis has rarely been incriminated as the etiologic factor of this...

We herein report the case of a splenic artery aneurysm with a hepatosplenomesenteric trunk that presented in a pregnant woman. Catheter embolization was not performed due to the wide neck of the aneurysm and its close location to the trunk indicates a high risk of mesenteric trunk thrombosis. We instead performed surgical resection of the aneurysm after successful delivery of the infant by Caes...

Splenic artery aneurysm, without obvious symptoms, is a direct threat to the patient’s life, once it ruptures as hemorrhagic shock. Imaging examinations have been the main diagnostic methods of splenic artery aneurysm, including ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging, and digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Although various inspective methods have their own advantag...

INTRODUCTION Hematemesis caused by intragastric rupture of a splenic artery aneurysm, is an exceptional and potentially lethal emergency. CASE PRESENTATION A 36 years old woman, mother of seven children presented with hematemesis. The gastric endoscopy revealed a bleeding polypoid lesion leading to a surgical management. The operative discovery of a complicated splenic artery aneurysm, led to...

INTRODUCTION A rare case of a splenic artery aneurysm refilled by a hypertrophic branch originating from the left gastric artery retreated with an endovascular approach is reported. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION A hilum splenic artery aneurysm of a 43-year-old Caucasian woman was treated with endovascular ligature. Cont...

BACKGROUND Splenic artery aneurysm is rare and its diagnosis is challenging due to the nonspecific nature of the clinical presentation. We report a case of a splenic artery aneurysm in which the patient presented with chronic dyspepsia and multiple episodes of minor intragastric bleeding. CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old, previously healthy Sri Lankan man presented with four episodes of hemate...

To cite: Kandoria A, Kandoria M, Ganju N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-214273 DESCRIPTION A 30-year-old man presented with recurrent episodes of abdominal pain. Ultrasound revealed an aneurysm of the aberrant splenic artery. A CT scan showed a 32×26 mm saccular aneurysm just 3 mm after the origin of the splenic artery from the super...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours often present with insidious upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Initial definitive diagnosis can be difficult and therefore misdiagnosis is not infrequent. Here we report a case of upper GI bleeding caused by a splenic artery aneurysm that was misdiagnosed as a gastric GIST. This rare presentation of splenic artery aneurysm highlights the potential pitfalls of inv...

Splenic artery aneurysms are unusual clinical conditions that may be ruptured resulting into adverse health outcomes. Pregnancy, portal hypertension and atherosclerosis are conditions that predispose to the formation of splenic artery aneurysms. A rare case of a previously healthy man referred to our department by his general practitioner complaining of acute abdominal pain is presented. During...

Here, we report a case of splenic artery aneurysm rupture in patient with known heterozygosity mutation the ACTN2 gene (variant c.971G > A p.Arg324Gln). The came to our emergency department epigastric pain radiating lumbar area, an absence peritonism signs. An abdominal computed tomography angiography showed ruptured huge (5 cm) aneurysm. Therefore, underwent endovascular coil embolization c...