Abstract
We found a giant splenic aneurysm at the time of angiography for cirrhosis, and succeeded in preventing rupture of the aneurysm by using steel coils. The patient was a 40-year-old man in whom celiac angiography revealed a splenic artery aneurysm whose diameter is 3 cm at the root of the splenic artery. To prevent rupture of the aneurysm, we embolized the splenic artery. Embolization was achieved after placing angiocoils®with a diameter of 8 mm in the proximal and distal portions of the aneurysm by using an angiography-cather, thus completely occluding the blood supply to the aneurysm. No complication were noted after embolization.
