Endovascular treatment of splenic artery aneurysm with splenic preservation

Splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) is the commonest visceral artery aneurysm. Surgical or endovascular treatment of SAA may result in loss of most or all of spleen. We present a case of an aneurysm of superior segmental branch of splenic artery, which was successfully treated by sub-selective embolisation of the feeding arterial branch. The splenic function was preserved and hence precluding pneumococcal vaccines and long-term antibiotics.