Login / Signup

A rare presentation of spontaneous rupture of splenic vein aneurysm as cardiac arrest: A case report.

Hamid IlyasHina AkramMuhammad Abd Ur RehmanSyed Haris Huda
Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)
Splenic vein aneurysm (SVA) is a rare condition associated primarily with portal hypertension. This case highlights a potentially fatal, rare SVA complication in a young patient who presented in cardiac arrest, creating a diagnostic enigma in the emergency department until a POCUS revealed a possible underlying etiology.
Keyphrases
  • cardiac arrest
  • emergency department
  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • coronary artery
  • blood pressure
  • case report
  • abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • single cell