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Ruptured hepatic artery aneurysms in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: Case report

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Spontaneous hemorrhage caused by ruptured left hepatic artery branch aneurysms occurred in a 49-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus Following evaluation by computerized tomography and angiography, transcatheter embolization of the left hepatic artery resulted in hemostasis. The various etiologies of hepatic artery aneurysms are discussed. This case demonstrates that systemic lupus erythematosus must be considered in the differential diagnosis of hepatic artery aneurysms and spontaneous hepatic hemorrhage.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA

    Elizabeth Reinitz

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, J.D. Weiler Hospital, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1825 Eastchester Road, 10461, New York, Bronx, USA

    Jonathan Trambert M.D. & Shalom Buchbinder

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Trambert, J., Reinitz, E. & Buchbinder, S. Ruptured hepatic artery aneurysms in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: Case report. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 12, 32–34 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577123

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