Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 572-573 , September 2007

The rare case of a symptomatic atherosclerotic aneurysm of the superior epigastric artery mimicking an acute cholecystitis

  • Sven Seifert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sven Seifert, MD, University Hospital Dresden, Department of Visceral, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Fetschertrasse 74,01309 Dresden.
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  • Axel Denz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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  • Dag-Daniel D. Dittert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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  • Hans D. Saeger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Received 24 January 2007 ,Accepted 16 March 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00519-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.03.042

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 572-573 , September 2007

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