Fig. 3From: A splenic artery aneurysm presenting with multiple episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a case reportHistology of the aneurysm. The wall of the artery showing all three components of the vessel wall: subintimal layer, media, and the adventitia. Intima is not clearly identified. The hematoma is seen outside the subintimal layer (arrow) (a). Focal areas of dystrophic calcification due to degeneration of media were identified (basophilic strip in the media of slide – (b). Ad adventitia, M media, Si subintimal layerBack to article page