Abstract
Case history of a sixteen-year-old patient with a ruptured traumatic aneurysm of a jejunal artery, successfully treated by ligation of the supplying artery. Use of arteriography in massive gastrointestinal bleeding is stressed.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Aneurysm / complications
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Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
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Aneurysm / surgery*
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Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
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Humans
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Jejunum / blood supply*
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Jejunum / injuries
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Ligation
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Male
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Mesenteric Arteries / diagnostic imaging
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Mesenteric Arteries / surgery*
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Radiography
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Rupture