Axillary artery aneurysm

Mycotic axillary artery aneurysm.

A mycotic aneurysm is defined as the limited dilatation of an artery, secondary to an infection of the vascular wall. Spreading of the infection can be intravascular (bacteraemia and septic embolisms especially in infectious endocarditis) or extravascular (contiguous infectious spots, such as abscesses). The relationship between mycotic aneurysms and infectious endocarditis was described for th...

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...

Posttraumatic True Aneurysm of the Axillary Artery Following Blunt Trauma

The majority of the axillary artery aneurysm cases arise as pseudoaneurysms secondary to blunt or iatrogenic trauma. Isolated traumatic true axillary artery aneurysm is a relatively unusual disorder and generally occurs with repetitive blunt trauma. A 22-year-old female patient with distal axillary artery true aneurysm due to simple blunt axillothoracic trauma is presented. The aneurysm was exc...

Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia presenting as an axillary artery aneurysm.

A man in his late 20s presented with a painless swelling in his left axilla accompanied with nocturnal sweating. On examination, there was a well circumscribed, pulsatile lump within the axilla. Subsequent imaging revealed an axillary artery aneurysm with thrombus within. Subsequent surgical repair was undertaken. Subsequent histological examination of the vessel revealed features characteristi...