title: Giant pseudoaneurysm of the left axillary artery following a stab wound.
abstract: Axillary artery pseudoaneurysms are rare. We report on a 30-year-old patient with a 6.5-cm post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the left axillary artery two months after a knife stab wound of the shoulder. The patient showed axillary fullness and signs of severe brachial plexus compression. A surgical repair was undertaken. The aneurysm was excluded and a saphenous vein interposition was performed. The early and late postoperative periods were uneventful. This is probably not only the largest axillary artery pseudoaneurysm ever reported, but also the first secondary to a stab wound.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yaoundé General Hospital, Cameroon. mfokou@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fokou
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Eyenga
authors.forename: A Chichom
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mefire
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Guifo
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pagbe
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sandmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery