PMID: 2485663Jan 1, 1989Paper

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency associated with ruptured aneurysm of the splenic artery

Cirugía pediátrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Pediátrica
A I Jimenez LorenteJ Boix-Ochoa

Abstract

We show a patient with a rupture of splenic artery aneurysm, seven days after liver transplantation for hepatic cirrhosis and portal hypertension secondary to alfa-1-antitrypsin deficiency. We analyse the aneurysm pathology and its relationship with the blood flow through the aneurysm.

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