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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2019; 03(03): 189-192
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3401352
Case Report
by Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Segmental Arterial Mediolysis with Supra-Aortic Vascular Involvement: Report of Two Cases

Vikash Jain 
1   Department of Radiology, N.M. Virani Wockhardt Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
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received 27 May 2019

accepted after revision 01 July 2019

Publication Date:
02 December 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Segmental arterial mediolysis (SAM) is a rare noninflammatory vasculopathy predominantly involving the visceral arteries of the abdomen. The most common presentation described is massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage secondary to aneurysm rupture. In this report, we describe two cases with characteristic findings of aneurysm, dissection, and beading involving the visceral arteries and the supra-aortic vessels. SAM involving the supra-aortic vessels is extremely rare.

Keywords

segmental arterial mediolysis - dissection - aneurysm
 

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