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Sasan Najibi, MD;
Thomas T. Terramani, MD;
Vinod H. Thourani, MD;
William T. Brinkman, MD;
Alan B. Lumsden, MD;
Thomas F. Dodson, MD
From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga.
Arch Surg. 2002;137:1075-1076.
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INTRODUCTION
AN 80-YEAR OLD MAN had a pulsatile abdominal mass on physical examination. Findings on computed tomography of his abdomen showed a 5.2-cm infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (not shown). In addition to this finding, there was a calcified mass in the right upper quadrant of his abdomen (Figure 1).
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Figure 1.
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What Is the Diagnosis?
A. Superior mesenteric artery aneurysm
B. Calcified lymph node
C. Hepatic artery aneurysm
D. Celiac artery aneurysm
Answer: Hepatic Artery Aneurysm
Figure 1. Computed tomographic scan of abdomen demonstrating a calcified hepatic artery aneurysm.
Figure 2. Intraoperative photograph of the hepatic artery aneurysm. RHA indicates right hepatic artery; LHA, left hepatic artery; CHA, common hepatic artery, and GDA, gastroduodenal artery.
Most extrahepatic artery aneurysms are solitary, involving the common or right hepatic artery (Figure 2). . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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