Multiple idiopathic arterial aneurysms in children: a case report and review of the literature

J Vasc Surg. 1997 May;25(5):949-56. doi: 10.1016/s0741-5214(97)70229-5.

Abstract

A 6-year-old boy from China presented initially at 2 years of age with a pulsatile mass in his right antecubital fossa. He was not fully evaluated until the age of six years, when pan-angiography and computed axial tomography scan revealed multiple aneurysms of his right brachial artery, right radial artery aneurysms, an infrarenal aortic aneurysm, and a right internal carotid artery aneurysm in the region of the cavernous sinus. The patient underwent uneventful repairs of both the abdominal aortic aneurysm and the multiple aneurysms of the right arm. Pathologic evaluation was significant for medial fibrosis of the arterial wall with decreased and disordered elastin fibers. Review of the previously reported cases in children indicate the upper extremity arteries are involved in 92% of patients, the aortoiliac region in 92% of patients, and the renal/mesenteric vessels in 77% of cases. Lower extremity and cerebrovascular arteries are involved to a lesser extent. Children with peripheral aneurysms should have pan-angiography performed before treatment is begun. Surgical repair in these cases has been excellent.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / ethnology
  • Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / ethnology
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis
  • Brachial Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Brachial Artery / surgery*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / ethnology
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / surgery*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / surgery
  • Child
  • China / ethnology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / ethnology
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / surgery
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Radial Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Radial Artery / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Polytetrafluoroethylene