Author(s): Rodrigues Teixeira, José Nuno ; Simão, Rosa ; Marques, Conceição ; Pinheiro, Luis Filipe
Date: 2016
Origin: Revista Portuguesa de Cirurgia
Subject(s): superior mesenteric vein; aneurysm; surgical intervention; aneurysmectomy; visceral venous aneurysm
Superior mesenteric vein aneurysms are an extremely rare clinical entity, with a variable clinical presentation and an unpredictable clinical course. The authors present the case of a 41 year old female with a saccular superior mesenteric vein aneurysm incidentally identified on abdominal CT scan. The patient was treated with surgical aneurismectomy with a vascular stapler, and the postoperative recovery was uneventful. She is clinically well two years after surgery.
