title: Primary axillary venous aneurysm.
abstract: We operated upon an 18-year-old female presenting a spontaneous aneurysm of the axillary vein. Pathologic examination of the aneurysm showed an anomalous muscular layer. To our knowledge, this is the first case of nontraumatic axillary venous aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Service of Vascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Acin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Benito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guilleuma
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001367:Axillary Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000473:pathology; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation