2016 Volume 36 Issue 7 Pages 1197-1200
A 38-year-old woman presented to us with a history of acute onset of severe left hypochondrial pain, and was admitted to the hospital. Contrast-enhanced CT revealed a hematoma in front of the spleen. After admission, the patient remained in stable general condition and the left hypochondrial pain gradually improved. The hematoma also seemed to be disappearing. Electively, we performed an angiography, which revealed a left gastroepiploic artery aneurysm measuring about 3mm in diameter. We speculated that the hematoma was caused by rupture of this aneurysm, and performed transcatheter arterial embolization（TAE）. At present, four years since the TAE, the ruptured aneurysm can no longer be visualized.
