title: Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm in the upper arm: treatment by transcatheter embolization.
abstract: A 32-year-old woman presented with a pulsatile, painful mass in her left upper arm, originating several days after removal of an Ilizarov external fixation. The diagnosis of a pseudoaneurysm was made by medical history and by physical and ultrasonographic examination of the mass. Angiography confirmed the presence of the pseudoaneurysm, originating from a branch of the arteria profunda brachii, and definitive treatment was performed by transcatheter embolization. Clinical follow-up showed absence of pulsation and pain in the upper arm and a gradual volume decrease of the mass lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maleux
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stockx
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brys
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lammens
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lacroix
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wilms
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marchal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D002404:Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D016267:External Fixators / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans