title: An unusual presentation of thoracoacromial artery pseudoaneurysm following shoulder arthroplasty.
abstract: Pseudoaneurysms of peripheral arteries are not an uncommon condition presenting to vascular surgeons. Perioperative injury and infection are two of the commonest causes. We describe a case of an 82-year-old lady, who presented 10 years following right shoulder joint replacement, with a sharply marginated erythematous cutaneous eruption over the right shoulder. Subsequent angiography revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the acromial branch of the thoracoacromial artery. Planned intervention was superseded by a further embolic episode, which prompted immediate percutaneous translumninal embolisation of the aneurysm. The aetiology of a pseudoaneurysm 10 years following shoulder arthroplasty is discussed.
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK.
authors: Anna Elizabeth
authors: AE
authors: Wright
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Wall
authors: Department of Interventional Radiology, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK.
authors: Penny
authors: P
authors: Slaney
authors: Department of Vascular Surgery, Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester, UK.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Downing
mesh_terms: D000174:Acromion; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012782:Shoulder / Q000601:surgery*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*