Vasc Spec Int.  2021 Dec;37(4):42. 10.5758/vsi.210052.

Bilateral Brachial Artery Aneurysms with Distal Embolisms in a Patient with Prolonged Crutch Compression

• Simsek B
• Guclu O
• Huseyın S
• Yuksel V

• KMID: 2524494
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5758/vsi.210052

Abstract

Chronic axillary crutch use may lead to axillary or brachial artery aneurysms and associated axillobrachial thromboembolic complications. Most of these aneurysms remain asymptomatic and undiagnosed until a complication occurs. Early diagnosis and appropriate surgical management of the aneurysms is required for a favorable outcome. We report a case of bilateral brachial artery aneurysms with left radial and ulnar artery embolisms in a patient who had been using crutches for 33 years due to a congenital skeletal anomaly.

Keyword

Brachial artery; Aneurysm; Crutches; Blood vessel prosthesis; Embolism