title: Open repair and endovascular covered stent placement in the management of bilateral axillary artery aneurysms.
abstract: A 72-year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hyperlipidemia presented with acute right upper limb ischemia. Arterial occlusion was found to be secondary to a thrombosed axillary artery aneurysm. An open repair was performed with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft. On further workup, the patient was found to have an asymptomatic axillary artery aneurysm on the left-hand side. Endovascular repair with a covered stent was chosen to treat this aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Troutman
authors.forename: Chittur R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: Farouq A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Samhouri
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Sohn
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017128:Embolectomy; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*