Aneurysms of the jejunal artery

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 1984 Jul-Aug;25(4):376-7.

Abstract

Case history of a sixteen-year-old patient with a ruptured traumatic aneurysm of a jejunal artery, successfully treated by ligation of the supplying artery. Use of arteriography in massive gastrointestinal bleeding is stressed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aneurysm / complications
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Jejunum / blood supply*
  • Jejunum / injuries
  • Ligation
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Mesenteric Arteries / surgery*
  • Radiography
  • Rupture