Shoulder hemarthrosis due to a bleeding pseudoaneurysm.
We describe a patient with advanced shoulder osteoarthritis who developed a spontaneous hemarthrosis due to a bleeding pseudoaneurysm. This rare cause of intra-articular hemorrhage is important to establish because specific treatment may offer relief and prevent further bleeding.
Kang
Harbhajan
H
Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. harb.kang@mail.mcgill.ca
Baron
Murray
M
Glikstein
Rafael
R
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D001175:Arthrography; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007270:Injections, Intra-Articular; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013917:Thrombin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014463:Ultrasonography
D006490:Hemostatics; D013917:Thrombin