Higher prevalence of splenic artery aneurysms in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Vascular implications and risk factors.

Higher prevalence of splenic artery aneurysms in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: Vascular implications and risk factors.

BACKGROUND:Splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) is a rare but potentially fatal condition. Rupture results in 25% mortality up to 75% in pregnant women with 95% fetal mortality. Brief reports suggest an increased risk of developing SAA in patients with HHT. METHODS:We analyzed enhanced multidetector CT dat...

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Main Authors: Jacques Sellier, Carma Karam, Alain Beauchet, Axel Dallongeville, Stephen Binsse, Sandra Blivet, Isabelle Bourgault-Villada, Philippe Charron, Thierry Chinet, Mélanie Eyries, Carole Fagnou, Jérome Lesniak, Gilles Lesur, Jérome Lucas, Agnès Nicod-Tran, Augustin Ozanne, Aurélien Palmyre, Florent Soubrier, Mostafa El Hajjam, Pascal Lacombe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226681

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226681

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