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SUBMITTER: Kaihara T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280732 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaihara Toshiki T Komiyama Kota K Fukamizu Seiji S Ashikaga Takashi T Sakurada Harumizu H
Journal of cardiology cases 20160302 5
Isolated spontaneous dissecting celiac artery aneurysm (DCAA) is a rare event. We report the case of a 50-year-old Japanese man with sudden post-prandial epigastric pain. He was diagnosed as having an isolated DCAA based on the results of contrast-enhanced multi-slice computed tomography (CT). Initially, we gave him conservative therapy, but the aneurysm grew and then we performed endovascular treatment. The DCAA did not cause a rupture, and there were rich collateral channels between the superi ...[more]