title: Endovascular treatment of a spontaneous aneurysm in the axillary artery.
abstract: Spontaneous aneurysm in the axillary artery is extremely rare. The standard treatment for axillary artery aneurysm has been surgical repair, but endovascular management of select aneurysms using stent grafts has become more prevalent with the development of endoluminal technology. We report the case of a 36-year old man with a spontaneous aneurysm in the axillary artery. He experienced a tingling sensation and intermittent pain in the left upper extremity and had no history of trauma to the axilla. We performed endovascular treatment [placement of a Viabahn stent graft (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ, USA)] for a spontaneous aneurysm in the axillary artery. Following the procedure, his symptoms disappeared completely. After 6, 12 and 24 months, we carried out computed tomography angiography; all scans showed no complications. Now, the patient has no symptoms related to aneurysm in the axilla.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Kyun
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Kye
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea kkssddong@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Sang Dong
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Axillary artery; Endovascular treatment; Spontaneous aneurysm