A case of atherosclerotic inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm secondary to high flow state.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.11.114.
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Abstract
Inferior mesenteric artery aneurysms are very rare and they are among the rarest of visceral artery aneurysms. Sometimes, the distribution of the blood flow due to chronic atherosclerotic occlusion of some arteries can establish an increased flow into a particular supplying district (high flow state). A high flow state in a stenotic inferior mesenteric artery in compensation for a mesenteric occlusive disease can produce a rare form of aneurysm. We report the case of an atherosclerotic inferior mesenteric aneurysm secondary to high flow state (association with occlusion of the celiac trunk and severe stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery), treated by open surgical approach.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm
- Atherosclerosis
- Mesenteric Artery, Inferior
- Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion
- Splanchnic Circulation