| Journal: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000131257 |
| ISSN: | 0100-6991 |
| Authors: | Farret, Abdo1 Chacon, Damaso de Araujo Duarte, Haroldo Amaral Almeida, Isabel Cristina Pinheiro de |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. Brasil |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Season: | Ene-Feb |
| Volumen: | 25 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 72-73 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | A case of a gunshot of the left axilary artery with a giant pseudoaneurism formation with sixteen years of evolution is presented. The 61- years-old male patient present since them a small assintomatic tumoration in infraclavicular localization. In the last eight months the tumor became symptomatic and volumous, reaching 20 cm in diameter, with signals of infection and imminent rupture. The patient was operated on with ligature of the axilary artery and evacuation of the pseudoaneurysm. The surgical handling and endovascular therapeutic options available in the present time are discussed. A short review about the disease as well as a bibliographic update are present. The authors also call attention for the necessity of a correct management of the vascular injures in the event of the first management |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Cirugía, Sistema cardiovascular, Seudoaneurisma, Aneurismas, Arteria axilar |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Cardiovascular system, Surgery, Pseudoaneurysm, Aneurysms, Axilary artery |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
