Brachial artery pseudoaneurysm in a premature infant

D Landau; R Schreiber; G Szendro; L Golcman

doi:10.1136/fn.88.2.f152

Brachial artery pseudoaneurysm in a premature infant

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2003 Mar;88(2):F152-3. doi: 10.1136/fn.88.2.f152.

Authors

D Landau¹, R Schreiber, G Szendro, L Golcman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neonatology, Soroka Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. [email protected]

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False / diagnosis*
Aneurysm, False / surgery
Brachial Artery* / surgery
Echocardiography, Doppler
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnosis*
Infant, Premature, Diseases / surgery
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed