Chronic venous disease (CVD) is a highly prevalent pathology that compromises patient’s quality of life, and has an important impact socioeconomically. Its treatment passes through the adoption of hygiene-dietetic measures, pharmacological therapy and elastic compression, as well as approaches that are able to ablate venous reflux and hypertension such as mechanical, thermic or chemical ablations. Due to the m...
Splenic artery aneurysms, although they are the most common splanchnic aneurysms, they have a prevalence of only 0,01%. In this context the authors present a case report of a 41 years female patient with a splenic artery aneurysm of 20x29mm, treated by deployment of a covered self-expandable stent (Gore® Viabahn®). It is performed a literature review of the pathology in question, possible complications and mad...
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