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True posttraumatic radial artery aneurysm

2013; Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV); Volume: 12; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/jvb.2013.047

1677-7301

Sthefano Atique Gabriel, Márcia Fayad Marcondes de Abreu, Guilherme Camargo Gonçalves de Abreu, Claudio Roberto Cabrini Simões, A. Chrispim, Otacílio de Camargo,

Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Radial artery aneurysms are rare and mostly secondary to traumatic events (posttraumatic pseudoaneurysms). Radial artery aneurysms should be treated due to the high risk of embolization, thrombosis, and compression of adjacent nerves. The authors describe a case of a 49-year-old patient complaining of a progressively growing tumor in the left wrist after a dog bite. The tumor proved to be a true posttraumatic aneurysm. Treatment consisted of removal of the aneurysm sac and ligation of the radial artery.