Brachial Artery Aneurysm as a Limb Threatening Condition: a Case Report

Brachial artery aneurysms are rare but potentially limb threatening condition. The presented case here is a 52-year old male referred to the emergency department complaining a sudden onset and progressive pain with coldness of his right upper extremity during brushing. The right upper extremity was pulseless and three-dimensional computed tomography showed an aneurysm of the proximal right brachial artery associated with arterial occlusion in its distal branch. Embolectomy was done, the aneurysm resected, and the artery successfully re-vascularised by interposing a saphenous vein graft.

[1]  H. Lu,et al.  True Brachial Artery Aneurysm. , 2016, European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery.

[2]  T. Babrowski,et al.  Peripheral artery aneurysm. , 2013, The Surgical clinics of North America.

[3]  T. Luijkx,et al.  Brachial artery aneurysm , 2012, Radiopaedia.org.

[4]  J. Asquith,et al.  True Brachial Artery Aneurysm: A Rarity☆ , 2012 .

[5]  G. Kouvelos,et al.  Endovascular repair of profunda femoral artery false aneurysms using covered stents , 2011, Vascular.

[6]  M. Bahçivan,et al.  Idiopathic true brachial artery aneurysm in a nine-month infant. , 2008, Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery.

[7]  T. Sullivan,et al.  Brachial arteriomegaly and true aneurysmal degeneration: case report and literature review , 2002, Vascular medicine.

[8]  J. Fann,et al.  Symptomatic brachial artery aneurysm in a child. , 1994, Journal of pediatric surgery.

[9]  U. Yetkin,et al.  Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery and its surgical treatment. , 2003, Texas Heart Institute journal.