Surgical treatment of deep brachial artery aneurysm

Abstract

Deep brachial artery aneurysms are extremely rare. The purpose of this article is to report a case of deep brachial artery aneurysm that was successfully treated by open surgery. A 76-year-old man presented with complaints of an asymptomatic pulsatile mass in the left axilla. A computed tomography angiography revealed a deep brachial artery aneurysm. The aneurysm was resected surgically, then the axillary artery was repaired, and the distal end of the deep brachial artery was ligated without vascular reconstruction. The patient had a good recovery with no complications, and the arterial pulses of the left upper extremity were normal.