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Case Reports in Radiology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 652469, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/652469
Case Report

Transcatheter Embolization for Giant Splenic Artery Aneurisms: Still an Open Question

Marianna Mastroroberto,1 Sonia Berardi,1 Matteo Renzulli,1 Caterina Maggioli,1 Paolo Pianta,1 Antonio Daniele Pinna,2 Rita Golfieri,1 and Claudia Sama1

1Unit of Liver Transplantation, Department of Digestive Disease and Internal Medicine, 40138 Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, Italy
2Department of Emergency/Urgency, General Surgery and Transplantation, 40138 Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Italy

Received 3 May 2012; Accepted 24 June 2012

Academic Editors: A. Agrawal and B. J. Barron

Copyright © 2012 Marianna Mastroroberto et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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