Axillary hematoma secondary to arterial pseudoaneurysm following prophylactic mastectomy: A case report

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  • Meghana R.K. Helder
  • Jane Case
  • Marilyn Morton
  • Sandhya Pruthi
  • Gustavo Oderich
  • Amy C. Degnim
چکیده

Recurrent axillary hematomas after prophylactic mastectomy are rare. We present one such case of a 62-year-old female with a recurrent axillary hematoma secondary to an arterial pseudoaneurysm. This report also details our treatment plan along with a review of the relevant literature. To our knowledge, this is the first case report to document a pseudoaneurysm of the axilla after mastectomy.

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تاریخ انتشار 2016