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Managing isolated left internal iliac artery mycotic aneurysm
Author(s) -
Syaiful Azzam bin Sopandi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sri lanka journal of surgery/sri lanka journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2279-2201
pISSN - 0379-8240
DOI - 10.4038/sljs.v36i3.8533
Subject(s) - medicine , sri lanka , medical journal , work (physics) , medical education , family medicine , tanzania , sociology , engineering , mechanical engineering , ethnology
This incidence of isolated internal iliac artery aneurysm (IIIAA) is around 0.04% of all aortoiliac aneurysmal disease [1]. The conditions are extremely rare and the detection of internal iliac artery aneurysm (IIAA) usually coincidental when investigating other pathology. It has been reported that 40% of all cases present with aneurysmal rupture [2]. Most of the symptoms that have been reported associated with IIAA include abdominal pain (31.7%), urological (28.3%), neurological deficit (18.3%), groin pain (11.7%), hip or buttock discomfort and gastrointestinal symptoms (8.3% respectively) [1, 2].

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