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splen·ic ar·ter·y

[TA]

origin, celiac trunk; branches, pancreatic, left gastroepiploic, short gastric, and (proper) splenic. See: great segmental medullary artery.

Synonym(s): arteria splenica [TA], arteria lienalis ☆ , lienal artery

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splen·ic ar·te·ry

(splen'ik ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]

Origin, celiac trunk; branches, pancreatic, left gastroepiploic, short gastric, and (proper) splenic.
Synonym(s): arteria lienalis [TA] , lienal artery.

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splenic artery

A branch of the celiac artery; it runs to the left, under the stomach and along the pancreas to the hilum of the spleen where it divides into six or more branches. It supplies blood to the spleen, stomach, omentum, and pancreas.

See: circulation (Circulation of blood through heart and major vessels) for illus.

See also: artery

References in periodicals archive ?

Splenic artery pulsatility index is presented in fig-1.

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF SPLENIC ARTERY PULSATILITY INDEX IN PREDICTING FIBROSIS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C

Sugawara et al., "Spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy with conservation of the splenic artery and vein: techniques and its significance," Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, vol.

Laparoscopic Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy (LSPDP) with Preservation of Splenic Vessels: An Inferior-Posterior Approach

The accessory left gastric artery branched from the proximal third of the splenic artery. This is a rare case and to our knowledge not previously reported in the literature.

A Case of Unusual Vascularization of Upper Abdominal Cavity' Organs

Imaging-guided percutaneous drainage and splenic artery embolization appeared to be another feasible option for subcapsular splenic hematomas to prevent splenic rupture and obviate splenectomy.

Large Subcapsular Splenic Hematoma with a Large Pancreatic Pseudocyst Was Successfully Treated with Splenic Arterial Embolization and Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocyst

If it fails and the patient is hemodynamically stable, splenic artery embolization is the next step.

Colonoscopic Splenic Injury: A Simplified Radiologic Approach

In one patient with splenic artery pseudoaneurysm, a small infarct was identified in spleen on followup CT examination.

Endovascular embolisation of visceral artery pseudoaneurysms

When coming near the splenic hilum, the splenic artery usually divides into the superior and inferior terminal branch, and each branch further divides into four to six segmental intrasplenic branches.

Clinical application of partial splenic embolization

The common hepatic artery was present in 28 (28%) cadavers as the last artery, the splenic artery in 6 (6%) and both arteries at the same level, as terminal branches, in 48 (48%) out of the 82 studied cadavers.

A study of morphology of coeliac trunk in 100 cadavers

Rupture of splenic artery aneurysm remains an uncommon cause of hypovolemic shock although it is the third most common intra-abdominal aneurysms.

Intragastric rupture of splenic artery aneurysms: Three case reports and literature review

It was first reported in 1931 by Lower and Farrell [1]who reported bleeding from an aneurysm of the splenic artery coming via the pancreatic duct and the ampulla of Vater.

Haemosuccus pancreaticus due to aberrant vessels from the coeliac trunk: a rare cause of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding with diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

on splenic artery embolization, in which they reached in conclusion that splenic artery embolization might be an option for hemolytic anemia as a bridging therapy to surgery or as an alternative therapy, especially in critically ill patients with disorders that contraindicate surgery (1).

Partial splenic embolization versus splenectomy for the management of autoimmune hemolytic anemia: a response / Otoimmun hemolitik anemi tedavisinde splenektomiye karsilik kismi splenik embolizasyon: bir yanit

Death occurred a few hours after surgery, due to haemorrhage from a branch of the splenic artery.