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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan 16;5(1):72-74.
doi: 10.14744/nci.2017.98700. eCollection 2018.

Reconstructive surgery of true aneurysm of the radial artery: A case report

Sevinc Bayer Erdogan  1 , Serdar Akansel  1 , Nehir Tandogar Selcuk  1 , Serap Aykut Aka  1
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Reconstructive surgery of true aneurysm of the radial artery: A case report

Sevinc Bayer Erdogan et al. North Clin Istanb. .

Abstract

True radial artery aneurysms are uncommon pathologies and have an organic cause, unlike trauma-induced false aneurysms. A 52-year-old man presented with a pulsatile mass at the anatomical snuff box area of his left hand. The aneurysm was repaired with reconstructive procedure. Although many posttraumatic and iatrogenic cases of false aneurysm of the radial artery have been reported; there are a few reported cases of a true idiopathic aneurysm. A case of reconstructive surgery for true idiopathic radial artery aneurysm is reported in this paper.

Keywords: Radial artery aneurysm; reconstructive surgery; true aneurysm.

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Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A mass at the snuff box area of the left hand.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Reconstructed three-dimensional image of the left hand shows a saccular aneurysm on the radial artery.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Exploration of the aneurysm controlled with vessel loops proximally and distally (a), reconstruction of the radial artery with a primary end-to-end anastomosis (b).
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