A rare case of coiling of the brachial artery: a description of the sonographic features.
We report the case of a patient with 360° coiling of the brachial artery that had been previously misdiagnosed as aneurysms of the right brachial artery on sonography performed at another institution. The previous misdiagnosis occurred due to sonographic pitfalls in gray-scale and color imaging, which led the operator to make a false interpretation. Knowledge of Doppler analysis and sonographic interpretation of arterial coiling may improve the diagnostic accuracy for this condition.
Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-kung Rd., Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Yi-Chih
YC
Hsu
Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 8403 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, 78229, USA.
Yen-Yu I
YY
Shih
Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Ching-Feng
CF
Chang
Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-kung Rd., Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. gsh5@seed.net.tw.
Guo-Shu
GS
Huang
Brachial artery; Coiling artery; Duplex Doppler sonography