Ruptured Visceral Artery Aneurysms: A Deadly Cause of Epigastric Pain

Visceral artery aneurysms (VAA) are rare, life-threatening disease processes that often affect the celiac, superior mesenteric, or inferior mesenteric arteries and their respective branches. The splenic, hepatic, superior mesenteric, and tripod celiac arteries are most commonly affected and have hig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sara Bradley, Faith Quenzer, Micah Wittler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2019-05-01
Series:Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3jj101ft