A giant splenic artery aneurysm: a case report

Abstract

Splenic artery aneurysms are uncommon clinical entities which usually follow an asymptomatic course having the risk for rupture and fatal hemorrhage. In this article, we present a 63-year-old male case with an abdominal pulsatile mass. As revealed by computed tomography (CT), a 23-cm diameter splenic artery aneurysm was strictly adherent to pancreas. The aneurysmal sac was excised through open surgical method and end-to-end anastomosis was performed on the splenic artery without any need to perform splenectomy.