[Unusual mechanism of the onset of a brachial artery aneurysm--a case review].
The authors present the case report of a 78-years-old man who was admitted to our clinic with the diagnosis of acute recurrent upper limb ischemia. The cause was rather rare diagnosis of a brachial artery aneurysm. The etiology of the aneurysm was interesting--70 years using of a arm-pit crutch.
Molácek
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Chirurgická klinika FN v Plzni. molacek@fnplzen.cz
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D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D001916:Brachial Artery; D003446:Crutches / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male