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Percutaneous treatment of a ruptured superior mesenteric artery aneurysm in a child
Susanne Oechsle1, Kurt Vollert, Wolfgang Buecklein
1Department of Radiology, Klinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156 Augsburg, Germany. susanne_oechsle@yahoo.de
Pediatric Radiology
|January 25, 2006
Abstract:
Splanchnic artery aneurysms are very rare in children. We report a 10-year-old girl with a large atraumatic ruptured superior mesenteric artery aneurysm that was considered inoperable. She was ultimately treated with two percutaneous US-guided thrombin injections, which led to complete occlusion of the aneurysm. The aetiology of the aneurysm remained unclear, but a family history was suggestive of a congenital connective tissue disease such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome subtype IV.