Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53853#.VNhdbizQrzE Author(s) Daisuke Fukui * , Yuko Wada , Yoshinori Ohtsu , Kazunori Komatsu , Noburo Ohashi , Ko Nakahara , Toshihito Gomibuchi , Tatsuichiro Seto , Kenji Okada Affiliation(s) Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan . ABSTRACT In this report, we describe two surgical cases of celiac artery aneurysm due to chronic and asymptomatic spontaneous dissection without atherosclerotic change or medial degeneration. Case 1 had replacement of the celiac and common hepatic arteries using a knitted Dacron prosthetic graft, and case 2 had simple aneurysmectomy. The incidence of celiac artery dissection is increasing lately, but subsequent aneurysm is relatively rare. Our two cases had no atherosclerotic risk factors, so it might be possible that celiac artery aneurysm due to spon...
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