Ruptured Visceral Artery Aneurysms: A Deadly Cause of Epigastric Pain
Visceral artery aneurysms (VAA) are rare, life-threatening disease processes that often affect the celiac, superior mesenteric, or inferior mesenteric arteries and their respective branches. The splenic, hepatic, superior mesenteric, and tripod celiac arteries are most commonly affected and have hig...
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| description | Visceral artery aneurysms (VAA) are rare, life-threatening disease processes that often affect the celiac, superior mesenteric, or inferior mesenteric arteries and their respective branches. The splenic, hepatic, superior mesenteric, and tripod celiac arteries are most commonly affected and have high rupture and mortality rates. This case describes splenic and celiac artery aneurysms in a patient that led to hemorrhagic shock and multisystem organ failure despite timely diagnosis and ligation. A brief review of the literature further elucidates the key risk factors in identifying patients with VAAs and their treatment course. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9fdf10603630425880f85eb717654f792022-12-21T20:15:29ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaClinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine2474-252X2019-05-013210.5811/cpcem.2019.1.41057cpcem-03-132Ruptured Visceral Artery Aneurysms: A Deadly Cause of Epigastric PainSara Bradley0Faith Quenzer1Micah Wittler2Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CaliforniaDesert Regional Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palm Springs, CaliforniaDesert Regional Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palm Springs, CaliforniaVisceral artery aneurysms (VAA) are rare, life-threatening disease processes that often affect the celiac, superior mesenteric, or inferior mesenteric arteries and their respective branches. The splenic, hepatic, superior mesenteric, and tripod celiac arteries are most commonly affected and have high rupture and mortality rates. This case describes splenic and celiac artery aneurysms in a patient that led to hemorrhagic shock and multisystem organ failure despite timely diagnosis and ligation. A brief review of the literature further elucidates the key risk factors in identifying patients with VAAs and their treatment course.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3jj101ft |
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| title | Ruptured Visceral Artery Aneurysms: A Deadly Cause of Epigastric Pain |
| title_full | Ruptured Visceral Artery Aneurysms: A Deadly Cause of Epigastric Pain |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Ruptured Visceral Artery Aneurysms: A Deadly Cause of Epigastric Pain |
| title_short | Ruptured Visceral Artery Aneurysms: A Deadly Cause of Epigastric Pain |
| title_sort | ruptured visceral artery aneurysms a deadly cause of epigastric pain |
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