Posttraumatic True Aneurysm of the Axillary Artery Following Blunt Trauma

Posttraumatic True Aneurysm of the Axillary Artery Following Blunt Trauma

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The majority of the axillary artery aneurysm cases arise as pseudoaneurysms secondary to blunt or iatrogenic trauma.Isolated traumatic true axillary artery aneurysm is here a relatively unusual disorder and generally occurs with repetitive blunt trauma.A 22-year-old female patient with distal axillary artery true aneurysm due to simple blunt axillothoracic trauma is presented.

The aneurysm was excised with subpectoral-axillary approach and trailmaster challenger 200x saphenous vein graft interposition was applied.Long-term follow-up with the patient was uneventful.