There are three major causes of aneurysm of the splenic artery. Arteriosclerotic aneurysms are the most common and are characterized by atheroma formation and calcification in the aneurysm wall.

In 2 patients, 1 with a hepatic-artery and the other with a splenic-artery aneurysm, the arteriosclerotic lesions were visualized by the method of intravenous abdominal aortography.

Ruptured splenic artery aneurysms should be treated urgently, and nonruptured splenic artery pseudoaneurysms should be treated due to risk for rupture, according to the authors, who also wrote ...

Incidental splenic artery aneurysms can be found at angiography in approximately 1% of patients. Most of these aneurysms were located in the middle third (20%) and distal third (75%) of the ...

The occurrence of such a rupture is likely to be the manifesting complaint of an underlying disease. Furthermore, colonoscopy should be more widely documented as a cause of splenic rupture.

(A) Compression. Pancreatic cysts compress the splenic vein, increasing venous flow in the gastric veins and forming varices. Other causes of compression include pancreatic NET, lymphoma, SAA ...

A splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) is a localized, abnormal bulge or dilation in the splenic artery, which supplies blood to the spleen and is the most common type of visceral artery aneurysm.