CLINICAL CASES   

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica 2006 September;52(3):333-7

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language: English

Endovascular obliteration of a ruptured right gastric artery aneurysm

Lagoudianakis E. E., Filis K. A., Tsekouras D. K., Genetzakis M., Archontovassilis F., Pattas M., Papadima A., Manouras A.

Division of Vascular Surgery First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery Hippocrateion Hospital Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

Aneurysms of the right gastric artery are extremely rare lesions. They constitute less than 0.001% of reported visceral artery aneurysms. A unique case of a ruptured right gastric artery aneurysm is presented. Angiographic diagnosis and endovascular treatment by right gastric artery embolization proved safe and efficacious, resulting in complete obliteration of the aneurysm with no adverse sequelae.