2011 Volume 20 Issue 4 Pages 733-736
We report a case of multiple visceral artery aneurysms in a 72-year-old woman. We resected the common hepatic artery aneurysm and reconstructed the artery by end-to-end anastomosis. The splenic artery aneurysms were then resected and the splenic artery was ligated. However, a complication of peripancreatic abscess developed postoperatively, and therefore we drained the abscess for several months, with resulting complete resolution of her symptoms and improved computed tomography findings. The surgical results in elective open repair for visceral artery aneurysms are reportedly good, however, it is important to consider postoperative intra-abdominal abscess in the surgical treatment of visceral aneurysms in a peripancreatic lesion.