title: [Arteriovenous aneurysm of the left internal thoracic artery with hypertrophy of the left upper limb (author's transl)].
abstract: Case report on a 5 years old boy suffering from a congenital arteriovenous fistula of the left internal thoracic artery. At the age of 9 months hypertrophy of the left arm combined with dilated veins in this area developed. Diagnosis was made by clinical examination together with a density in the left upper chest on x-ray and was confirmed by phlebography and thoracic aortography. A dilatation of the left heart, which was marked at the age of 9 months vanished in childhood without any therapy. The child was operated successfully.
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000209:etiology; D013895:Thoracic Arteries
vernacular_title: Arteriovenöses Aneurysma der linken Arteria thoracica interna mit Hypertrophie der liniken oberen Extremität.