EJVES Extra
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 1-3, January 2009

Inferior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm: Report of a Case

  • G. Callebaut

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, C.U.B. Brugmann, Place A. Van Gehuchten, 4, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Grégory Callebaut, Department of Vascular Surgery, C.U.B. Brugmann, Place A. Van Gehuchten, 4, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium.
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  • M. Laureys

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Radiology, Brugmann Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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  • I. De Quin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, C.U.B. Brugmann, Place A. Van Gehuchten, 4, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium
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  • C. Goffin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, C.U.B. Brugmann, Place A. Van Gehuchten, 4, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium
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  • Y. Dernier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, C.U.B. Brugmann, Place A. Van Gehuchten, 4, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium
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  • B. Bellens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, C.U.B. Brugmann, Place A. Van Gehuchten, 4, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium

Received 3 September 2008; accepted 16 October 2008. published online 28 November 2008.

Abstract 

We present a case of a 42-year-old man with severe abdominal pain and a pulsatile mass in the epigastric area. On CT-Scan there was no aortic ectasia, but a large mass in front of the aorta, on his left side. The diagnosis of the CT-scan was a pseudo-aneurysm of the inferior mesenteric artery. Angio-MR and angiography confirmed the presence of a true aneurysm of the inferior mesenteric artery. The patient had a successful operation with lateral clamping of the aorta and ligation of the aneurysm.

Keywords: Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm, Splanchnic arterial aneurysm, Abdominal

 

PII: S1533-3167(08)00024-1

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2008.10.001

Refers to article:

  • Inferior Mesenteric Artery Aneurysm: Report of a case , 27 November 2008

    European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery February 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 2, Page 249)

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