Nonpenetrating subclavian artery trauma

Intrathoracic lipoma masquerading as subclavian artery trauma.

A 58 year old man was admitted to the accident and emergency department following an industrial accident in which he sustained a three part fracture dislocation of his right humerus. Chest radiography revealed a large mass in the right upper hemithorax and, when the patient became hypotensive, an emergency thoracotomy was performed. The mass was found to be a massive intrathoracic lipoma. This ...

Fatal aortic rupture from nonpenetrating chest trauma.

A 22-year-old man died following a side impact blow in an automobile accident. Necropsy showed a large tear in the posterior wall of the aorta approximately 12 mm distal to the insertion of ligamentum arteriosum (Figures 1 and 2). Subadventitial hemorrhage was prominent in the descending thoracic aorta. Th e left pleural space contained large quantities of blood. Traumatic aortic rupture is the...

Rupture of the right coronary artery due to nonpenetrating chest trauma.

Subclavian artery dissection

Subclavian artery dissection is rarely reported in the medical literature. We describe the case of a 54-year-old male who presented with multifocal ischemic stroke and was found to have a subclavian artery dissection. We provide an overview of the current literature discussing previously reported cases, clinical features, and treatment.

Subclavian artery stent fracture.

We report a case of a 52 year-old dentist who had stent implantation for a left subclavian artery stenosis. However, this was later complicated by a stent fracture within one week of stent placement. A chest radiograph showed two pieces of the fractured stent, which was confirmed by computed tomographic angiogram (CTA) of the affected artery. We then discuss the occurrence of stent fractures, w...