Case Report (n=1)
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This case report highlights conservative management with anticoagulation and antihypertensives as a viable strategy for uncomplicated splenic artery dissection.
A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department with epigastric pain and is found to have severe hypertension on clinical examination. After admission to hospital, further investigation with CT imaging reveals the patient has an uncomplicated splenic artery dissection. Conservative management is chosen as advised by a vascular surgery team and the patient was subsequently discharged from hospital with warfarin anticoagulation and antihypertensive medicines. This case report aims to build a profile of a patient who may present with splenic artery dissection and details our recommended management plan.
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Nahas et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Splenic artery dissection (n=1). Conservative management (warfarin anticoagulation and antihypertensive medicines) was evaluated.
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