Axillary artery aneurysm combined with brachial plexus palsy due to Takayasu arteritis

Axillary Aneurysm Presenting as a Brachial Plexus Palsy

R. W., an 82 year old man, presented with a painful weakness of the right upper limb following a fall over an armchair. Chest radiography showed "a right apical shadow" and a presumptive diagnosis of Pancoast's tumour was made. Both bronchoscopy and mediastinoscopy were normal. Two weeks later a repeated clinical examination revealed a mass in the right axilla (8 x 8 cm in diameter). The right ...

Axillary artery injury combined with delayed brachial plexus palsy due to compressive hematoma in a young patient: a case report

INTRODUCTION Axillary artery injury in the shoulder region following blunt trauma without association with either shoulder dislocation or fracture of the humeral neck has been previously reported. Axillary artery injury might also be accompanied with brachial plexus injury. However, delayed onset of brachial plexus palsy caused by a compressive hematoma associated with axillary injury after blu...

Traumatic Pseudoaneurysm of Axillary Artery Combined with Brachial Plexus Injury

Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the axillary artery combined with brachial plexus injury is extremely rare. The factors that influence the symptoms and functional recovery related to this condition are unclear. Nine patients who had sustained this trauma were surgically treated at our unit between June 1999 and November 2010. The cause of trauma, symptoms, signs and examinations of neurological and...

aneurysm of brachial artery following axillary crutch

Aneurysm of Brachial Artery Following Axillary Crutch

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...