Hepatic artery aneurysm: incidental diagnosis with abdominal ultrasonography and treatment by coil embolization

Aneurisma de artéria hepática: diagnóstico incidental com ultrassonografia do abdome e tratamento por embolização com molas

Abstract

Hepatic artery aneurysm (HAA) was first reported at autopsy in 1809, represents one fifth of visceral aneurysms and the mortality from spontaneous rupture is high in most of cases. We are reporting a case of an asymptomatic 48-year-old woman with an extrahepatic HAA, diagnosed initially and incidentally with abdominal ultrasonography, confirmed by a three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and angiography. Endovascular treatment was considered feasible and was successfully treated with coil embolization.

hepatic artery; aneurysm; vascular diseases; embolization; therapeutic