Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm in the upper arm: treatment by transcatheter embolization.
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.
Maleux
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G
Department of Radiology, University Hospitals, Leuven, Belgium.
Stockx
L
L
Brys
P
P
Lammens
J
J
Lacroix
H
H
Wilms
G
G
Marchal
G
G
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