Sedat YILDIRIM, Ali EZER, Tamer ÇOLAKOĞLU, Alper PARLAKGÜMÜŞ, Kenan ÇALIŞKAN

Treatment of an infected giant brachial artery pseudoaneurysm: A case report

Periferik arter anevrizmaları, üst ekstremitelerde alt ekstremitelerden çok daha az görülür. Hemodiyaliz için yapılan venöz kateterizasyon esnasında istenmeden meydana gelen brakiyal arter delinmesine sekonder dev brakiyal arter psödoanevrizma oluşumu nadirdir. Bu psödoanevrizmalar; yaşamı tehdit eden kanama, ekstremite fonksiyonlarında ciddi azalma, kol ya da parmakların kaybı ve hatta ölüm gibi ciddi komplikasyonlara neden olabilir. Bu yazıda, hemodiyaliz için yapılan kateterizasyon esnasında brakiyal arter delinmesine sekonder ortaya çıkan enfekte brakiyal arter psödoanevrizmasının, anevrizmektomi ve safen ven grefti interpozisyonu ile başarılı bir şekilde tedavisi sunulmuştur.

Enfekte dev brakiyal arter psödoanevrizmasının tedavisi: Olgu sunumu

Peripheral artery aneurysms are much less frequent in the upper extremities than in the lower extremities. Giant brachial artery pseudoaneurysms secondary to inadvertent puncture of the brachial artery during venous cannulation for hemodialysis are rare. These pseudoaneurysms may result in serious complications such as life-threatening hemorrhage and severe decreases in extremity function and also lead to loss of arms or fingers and even death. In this article, we present a case of infected giant brachial artery pseudoaneurysm secondary to brachial artery puncture for hemodialysis and successfully treated with aneurysmectomy and a short saphenous vein interposition graft.

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