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Hepatic artery aneurysms (HAAs) .

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Hosseingholi Nosratinia Department of Radiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract
The hepatic artery aneurysms are rare, especially in interahepatic branches. The frequency consists of 75-80% extrahepatic and 20-25% intrahepatic. Catheterization is achieved usually from common femoral artery, other methods implemented in the case of unsuccessful catheterization from femoral artery, are translumbar and brachial catheterization.The study consist of 565 patients that were referred to the angiography ward. During seven years of assessment, five cases of hepatic artery aneurysm were found; this is a rare condition reported in the english literature. In the literature as well as in this case report the hepatic artery aneurysms are rare. In reported series the extrahepatic artery aneurysms are found more often than in the intrahepatic artery aneurysm but in this case report intrahepatic artery aneurysms are more than extrahepatic one.
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Page(s) 169-172
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Published Journal: Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Year: 2004

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