title: Referred pain in right arm from abdominal wall pseudoaneurysm.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysm of the abdominal wall is a possible but very rare clinical entity. It is a known complication of surgery, trauma, or arterial puncture, but it is rarely spontaneous. Even though it can usually present with a wide range of local symptoms, it can cause referred pain via spinal cord, which is cross-excited with afferent sympathetic nervous system. We report a case of right arm pain which was referred from a small abdominal pseudoaneurysm like a referred pain from gall bladder. This rare entity should be considered in the differential for pain management in case that the pain does not resolve with medication or interventional pain management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Soo Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seon Kyoung
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Hye Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji Yeon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Sangil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Min
keywords: abdominal pseudoaneurysm; referred pain; ultrasonography