From: Delayed rupture of a pseudoaneurysm in the brachial artery of a burn reconstruction patient
Etiology | Sex/Age | Onset | Symptom & sign | Diagnostic modality | Treatment | Complications | Reference |
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True aneurysm | |||||||
Unknown | F/77 | 2 years ago | Painless swelling | CT angiography | Resection and saphenous vein graft | No | [2] |
Pseudoaneurysm | |||||||
Congenital | M/0 | Congenital | Small, non-tender swelling | Arteriography | Resection and end-to-end anastomosis | No | [3] |
Association with systemic disease | |||||||
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome | M/11 | N/A | Pulsating mass | Color-Doppler | Ligation and Excision | N/A | [4] |
Menkes disease | F/10m | 10 months ago | Pulsating mass | Ultrasonography | Ligation and Excision | No | [5] |
Mycotic aneurysm | F/29 | 9 days after catheterization | Pain, Swelling | Surgical Exploration | Wide excision | Muscle atrophy | [6] |
M/20 | 26 days after Penicillin injection | Tenderness, swelling, marked induration | Oscillometer and Surgical Exploration | Ligation and Excision | Slight weakness and numbness | [7] | |
Periarteritis nodosa | F/16w | 6 weeks after fever | Bilateral pulsating mass, loss of radial pulse | Arteriography | Prednisone, Observation | No (Size unchanged) | [8] |
Giant cell arteritis | M/8 | 2 months after flu | Pulsatile mass | Surgical Exploration | Resection and saphenous vein graft | No | [9] |
Behcet disease | M/18 | 9 months after oral ulceration | Non-specific, multiple oral ulcer multiple papule on forearm | Angiography | Azathioprine, Prednisolone | Recurred after 18 months later | [10] |
Kawasaki’s disease | M/6m | N/A | Axillary mass | Arteriography | Resection and vein graft | No | [11] |
Neurofibromatosis | F/30 | IUP 34 weeks | Arm pain, enlargement of elbow and forearm | Arteriography | Saphenous vein graft/Transhumeral amputation | Decreased arm function | [12] |
Osteochondroma | M/17 | 4 years ago | Swelling, pain, paresthesia | Surgical exploration | Resection and saphenous vein graft | No | [13] |
M/25 | Sudden onset | Pain, swelling, hematoma | Arteriography, Ultrasonography | Resection and saphenous vein graft | No | ||
Sequela of trauma | |||||||
Brachial artery arteriography | M/40-50 | 2-3 weeks after procedure | Increasing small mass, pulsating mass | Surgical Exploration | Resection and primary repair | No | [14] |
Crutch use | M/76 | 1 year ago | Palpable mass, absent distal arterial pulsation | Surgical Exploration | Resection, saphenous vein and dacron graft | No | [15] |
Humerus fracture | M/66 | 2 months after immobilization | Massively edematous | Arteriography | Shoulder disarticulation | No | [16] |
Supracondylar fracture | M/3 | 7 months after surgery | Slowly growing painless mass | Brachial angiography | Resection and primary repair | No | [17] |
Iatrogenic injury | M/56 | 1 month after venepuncture | Tender, warm, nonpulsatile browny erythematous swelling | Arteriography | Resection and primary repair | No | [18] |
Blunt trauma | F/79 | 16 months after closed reduction | Pain, large lump | Duplex ultrasonography | Resection and arteriorrhaphy | No | [19] |
Drug abuse | M.F/32-52 | 1 day to 4 years | Bleeding hematoma, Painful swelling, Median nerve palsy | Duplex Scan | Resection and Primary repair, Resection and saphenous vein graft | No | [20] |
Missile injury | M/14 | 2 weeks | Tender swelling | CT angiography | Resection and GoreTex patching | No | [21] |