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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2002 | Volume
: 48
| Issue : 4 | Page : 288-9 |
Spontaneous rupture of a left gastroepiploic artery aneurysm.
A Rohatgi, T Cherian
Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing BN11 2DH, UK.
Correspondence Address:
A Rohatgi
Worthing Hospital, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing BN11 2DH, UK.
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PMID: 12571386 
Gastroepiploic aneurysms are extremely rare. They occur mainly in elderly men and in 90% of cases are ruptured at presentation. Visceral aneurysms though rare should be borne in mind in cases of unexplained haemorrhagic shock. We present a case of a 79-year-old man who presented with abdominal pain, hypotension and anaemia but no obvious source of bleeding. He had undergone a prior aorto-bifemoral graft. The patient refused an operation and died the following day.
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