Axillary arterial thrombosis secondary to anterior shoulder dislocation.
We report the case of a 59-year-old male patient who returned to the Hospital with severe pain in the right upper arm, 9 hours after reduction of an anterior dislocation of the right shoulder. A thrombosis of the axillary artery was quickly diagnosed and the rapid treatment allowed revascularisation in the arm without any major consequences.
Popescu
Dragos
D
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain. dragpopescu@hotmail.com
Fernández-Valencia
Jenaro-Angel
JA
Combalía
Andrés
A
D001366:Axillary Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*