Table 1 A summary of reported etiology of brachial artery aneurysm

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

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