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Case Reports
. 2023 Apr 1;26(4):226-228.
doi: 10.34172/aim.2023.34.

Idiopathic True Radial Artery Aneurysm: A Rare Case Report

Zoran Damnjanovic  1   2 , Nemanja Stepanovic  1   2 , Nikola Zivkovic  3
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Case Reports

Idiopathic True Radial Artery Aneurysm: A Rare Case Report

Zoran Damnjanovic et al. Arch Iran Med. .

Abstract

Idiopathic true aneurysm of the distal radial artery is a rare disease with only few reported cases. Most patients were treated surgically with proximal and distal arterial ligatures, while there are reports of only 7 cases where revascularization procedures were performed. We present a case of a 66-year-old man with a pulsatile mass in the right forearm at the location of the radial artery. Six months preceding the presentation, the patient had first noticed a pulsatile tumefaction which gradually increased in size, with a sudden increase during the last month. The patient worked as a waiter and was a non-smoker with no significant comorbidities. There was no history of trauma, recent infection, hospitalization, recurrent injury, or peripheral venous cannulation. After CDT diagnosis, we performed resection of aneurysm and reconstruction with cephalic autovenous graft. One month afterwards, at the follow-up visit, the patient denied having symptoms of hand ischemia and duplex ultrasound examination showed adequate patency of the radial artery. This paper presents a rare case of a true idiopathic radial artery aneurysm that was treated surgically by complete resection and interposition with a reverse cephalic vein autovenous graft. Detailed anamnesis and clinical examination are necessary for the appropriate surgical treatment of the disease.

Keywords: Aneurysm; Radial artery; Treatment.

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