title: Metachronous giant brachial artery pseudoaneurysms: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Brachial artery pseudoaneurysms secondary to intravenous drug abuse represent a limb-threatening problem to patients and a technical challenge to the vascular surgeon. Here information is reported about a patient with metachronous bilateral giant brachial artery pseudoaneurysms secondary to intravenous drug use that were successfully treated with excision of the aneurysm and ligation of the brachial artery. Furthermore, a review of the current literature on the treatment of brachial artery aneurysm is presented.
authors.affiliation: Section of Vascular Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Carl-Magnus
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wahlgren
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lohman
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: Lisa R P
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Spiguel
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dorafshar
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Skelly
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures