title: Surgical Repair of Axillary Artery Aneurysm in a 2-Year-Old Child: A Case Report.
abstract: Peripheral aneurysm and pseudoaneurysm of an artery is a well-recognized but rare phenomenon in children. We report a case of an axillary artery aneurysm in a 2-year-old boy with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome. Definitive surgical treatment with left axillary artery aneurysm exclusion and bypass with greater saphenous vein graft were performed. To our knowledge, this is the only axillary artery aneurysm ever reported in a child.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: abeshish@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Asaad G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Beshish
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Tsovinar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arutyunyan
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D058017:Vascular Grafting / Q000379:methods*