Chopstick Injury: Successful Stent-Graft Therapy for Traumatic Left Subclavian Artery Aneurysm.
Traumatic chopstick injury is very rare, especially in the vascular system. We present an unusual case of a 19-year-old man who presented at the emergency department after being stabbed with a chopstick by his elder brother. Computed tomography revealed a left subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm, which increased from 4 mm to 7 mm in diameter within 47 days. We successfully deployed a Niti-S stent graft for the increasing aneurysm, thereby avoiding a surgical operation. Balloon angioplasty was added for re-stenosis 8 months after the first intervention.
Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School Hospital.
Tatsuo
T
Ueda
Hiroyuki
H
Tajima
Satoru
S
Murata
Ryo
R
Takagi
Hiroyuki
H
Yokota
Shin-Ichiro
SI
Kumita
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000098:blood supply*; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult