superior mesenteric artery (sma) aneurysm is a rare disease. in this case report, we present a 32 years old woman who was admitted to our hospital with chronic abdominal pain. sma aneurysm was diagnosed after radiological evaluation. the patient underwent ligation of the superior mesenteric artery aneurysm and remained well 12 months after the surgery.

hepatic artery aneurysms are rare but potentially life threatening. we describe a novel case of a successful endovascular coil embolization of a huge hepatic artery aneurysm. a 67-year-old woman presented with recent abdominal pain that had begun from 2 weeks before referring to our hospital. sonographic and computerized tomographic (ct) findings revealed a huge hepatic artery aneurysm with 95 ...

“Background” Aneurysms and pseudo-aneurysms of the superior mesenteric artery are rare and potentially lethal. Such aneurysms may be found incidentally or they may be diagnosed after complications have occurred. “Aims” To report a case of Superior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm, diagnosed incidentally, and successfully treated by Selective Angiography and Embolization To review the literature on Su...

BACKGROUND Visceral artery aneurysms (VAA), although uncommon, are increasingly being detected. We describe a case of spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage from a ruptured IMA aneurysm associated with stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and celiac trunk, successfully treated with surgery. METHODS A 65-year-old man presented with abdominal pain and hypovolemic shock. Abdominal CT...

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) aneurysm is a rare disease. In this case report, we present a 32 years old woman who was admitted to our hospital with chronic abdominal pain. SMA aneurysm was diagnosed after radiological evaluation. The patient underwent ligation of the superior mesenteric artery aneurysm and remained well 12 months after the surgery.

We successfully treated a case of a 65-year-old female with an abdominal aortic aneurysm coexisting with an atypical coarctation of thoracoabdominal aorta and celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery occlusion. A dilated inferior mesenteric artery was supplying the celiac artery and superior mesenteric artery regions. The patient also had mitral regurgitation. After a mitral valve plasty, we ...

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) aneurysm is a rare disease. In this case report, we present a 32 years old woman who was admitted to our hospital with chronic abdominal pain. SMA aneurysm was diagnosed after radiological evaluation. The patient underwent ligation of the superior mesenteric artery aneurysm and remained well 12 months after the surgery. © 2011 Tehran University of Medical Scienc...

The term mycotic aneurysm involves an infection of secondary aneurysmal wall to bacterial endocarditis. The 63% of mycotic aneurysms of the superior mesenteric artery are due to embolism from a septic endocarditis. Although most of these aneurysms is diagnosed, due to the increase in diagnostic methods, even a quarter of the superior mesenteric artery aneurysms present with rupture, intestinal ...