title: Iatrogenic fatal outcome of traumatic axillary aneurysm.
abstract: Five months after dislocation of the left shoulder a 66-year-old patient noted a swelling in the left axilla. After CT-scan a malignant tumour was suspected and an incisional biopsy was performed. A week later the patient died due to hemorrhaging from the biopsy wound. The autopsy revealed a false aneurysm of the axillary artery. The incision had damaged the external wall of the aneurysm leading to consecutive rupture. Post-mortem findings are presented.
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, Aachen University of Technology, Germany.
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Schiwy-Bochat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology; D001365:Axilla / Q000473:pathology; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology