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Case reports
Brachial artery pseudoaneurysm in a premature infant
  1. D Landau1,
  2. R Schreiber1,
  3. G Szendro2,
  4. L Golcman2
  1. 1Department of Neonatology, Soroka Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 84101
  2. 2Department of Vascular Surgery, Soroka Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Landau, Department of Neonatal Medicine, Soroka Medical Center, PO Box 151, Beer-Sheva, Israel 84101;
    landaud{at}bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Abstract

A case of brachial artery pseudoaneurysm in a premature infant is reported. The lesion was surgically resected, and arterial continuity restored by end to end anastomosis. The postoperative period and follow up were uneventful.

  • pseudoaneurysms
  • tissue plasminogen activator
  • computed tomographic angiography
  • ultrasound guided compression obliteration
  • colour coded duplex ultrasound

https://doi.org/10.1136/fn.88.2.F152

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