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In contrast, its involvement in forming aneurysms in medium-sized vessels other than the cerebral and coronary arteries has not been reported. An 84-year-old Japanese man with COVID-19 was admitted to our hospital. The treatment course was favorable, and the COVID-19 treatment was completed by the 10th day. On day 14, pancreatic enzymes increased mildly. An abdominal computed tomography revealed a ruptured left gastric aneurysm after spontaneous hemostasis. Arterial embolization was performed. In this patient, a new left gastric aneurysm was suspected of having formed and ruptured during the course of the COVID-19 treatment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of abdominal visceral aneurysm formation caused by COVID-19 in a medium-sized vessel, and it is necessary to remember that aneurysms can be formed at any site when treating this syndrome.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/pathogens11070815","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,21]],"date-time":"2022-07-21T03:34:40Z","timestamp":1658374480000},"page":"815","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["A Ruptured Left Gastric Artery Aneurysm That Neoplasticized during the Course of Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Satoshi","family":"Ano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Medical Center, 2002-7 Iso, Hikami-cho, Tamba 669-3495, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuto","family":"Shinkura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Medical Center, 2002-7 Iso, Hikami-cho, Tamba 669-3495, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3120-6605","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tsuneaki","family":"Kenzaka","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Medical Center, 2002-7 Iso, Hikami-cho, Tamba 669-3495, Japan"},{"name":"Division of Community Medicine and Career Development, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-5 Arata-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe 652-0032, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Naoaki","family":"Kusunoki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Medical Center, 2002-7 Iso, Hikami-cho, Tamba 669-3495, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1182-4430","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Satoru","family":"Kawasaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Medical Center, 2002-7 Iso, Hikami-cho, Tamba 669-3495, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hogara","family":"Nishisaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Tamba Medical Center, 2002-7 Iso, Hikami-cho, Tamba 669-3495, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"The Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Emergency Response Epidemiology Team (2020). 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