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The rare case of a symptomatic atherosclerotic aneurysm of the superior epigastric artery mimicking an acute cholecystitis  Sven Seifert, MD, Axel Denz,

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1 The rare case of a symptomatic atherosclerotic aneurysm of the superior epigastric artery mimicking an acute cholecystitis  Sven Seifert, MD, Axel Denz, MD, Dag-Daniel D. Dittert, MD, Hans D. Saeger, MD  Journal of Vascular Surgery  Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages (September 2007) DOI: /j.jvs Copyright © 2007 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 CT-Scan with contrast enhancement.
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3 Fig 2 The surgical exposure.
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4 Fig 3 The resected and incised aneurysm.
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5 Fig 4 Aneurysm wall and proximal artery with typical atherosclerotic changes. Freshly ruptured plaque with bleeding signs and old calcifications as well as cholesterol crystals and fibrotic and sclerotic wall thickness, no evidence for arteritis, mycotic aneurysm, or other diseases like Behcet’s disease. Journal of Vascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.jvs ) Copyright © 2007 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions


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