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Crutch induced axillary artery injury.
CASEREPORT A 53-year-old female presented with sudden onset of pallor and decreased sensation of the right hand and forearm, without loss of power. She had rheumatoid arthritis for the last 30 years, and had been using axillary crutches for the last 10 years. She had undergone bilateral knee and left hip replacements. There were no other significant cardiovascular risk factors, nor any previous...
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A 57-year-old man, who was a chronic axillary crutch user as a result of childhood poliomyelitis, was referred to our hospital because of a sudden onset of right forearm ischemia. The right forearm had no pulse, and three-dimensional computed tomography (3DCT) showed an aneurysm of the right brachial artery associated with arterial occlusion. The thrombosed aneurysm of the brachial artery was r...
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Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2009;100:77-83 80 immunocompromised as a result of corticotherapy—the most common risk factor in developing cryptococcosis3,4— although he had no history of trauma. The skin lesions, although uncommon due to their sporotrichoid appearance, were confined to uncovered areas. Serotype D organisms were not identified in our case. Our patient showed no systemic symptoms other t...
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Dear Editor, True aneurysm of brachial artery, just distal to axillary artery, is relatively rare. Moreover, this type of aneurysm following usage of axillary crutch has not reported in the literature. Furthermore, this entity presenting as Reynaud’s disease has not been described; though microemboli following subclavio-axillary artery aneurysm (arterial thoracic outlet syndrome) is well-define...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Therapy
سال: 1963
ISSN: 0031-9023,1538-6724
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/43.2.113