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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Jul 25, 2016; 8(14): 496-500
Published online Jul 25, 2016. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i14.496
Published online Jul 25, 2016. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i14.496
Splenic artery aneurysm presenting as a submucosal gastric lesion: A case report
Jenny Tannoury, Khalil Honein, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut 16-6830, Lebanon
Bassam Abboud, Department of General Surgery, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Beirut 16-6830, Lebanon
Author contributions: All authors contributed to the acquisition of data, writing, and revision of this manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was exempt from the Institutional Review Board standards at Saint Joseph University.
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Correspondence to: Bassam Abboud, MD, Department of General Surgery, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint-Joseph University, Alfred Naccache Street, Beirut 16-6830, Lebanon. dbabboud@yahoo.fr
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Received: March 18, 2016
Peer-review started: March 21, 2016
First decision: May 17, 2016
Revised: May 23, 2016
Accepted: June 14, 2016
Article in press: June 16, 2016
Published online: July 25, 2016
Peer-review started: March 21, 2016
First decision: May 17, 2016
Revised: May 23, 2016
Accepted: June 14, 2016
Article in press: June 16, 2016
Published online: July 25, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Recently, a per-cutaneous endovascular embolization procedure has become the first-line treatment for splenic artery aneurysm. This rare presentation, in this case, as sub-mucosal gastric lesion and bleeding after embolization of the aneurysm showed the gravity of this entity when the diameter of aneurysm is > 2 cm. Although the risk of rupture is low, ruptured splenic artery aneurysm carry a high mortality rate.