%0 Journal Article
%T Aneurisma ateroscler¨®tico da art¨¦ria axilar. Um caso cl¨ªnico raro
%A Antunes
%A Lu¨ªs F.
%A Baptista
%A Ana
%A Moreira
%A Joana
%A Pereira
%A Ricardo
%A Gon£¿alves
%A Anabela
%A Anacleto
%A Gabriel
%A Alegrio
%A Jo£¿o
%A Fonseca
%A Manuel
%A Gon£¿alves
%A ¨®scar
%A Matos
%A Albuquerque
%J Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Portuguesa de Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular
%X atherosclerotic axillary artery aneurysms are very rare, but they can cause severe vascular or neurologic complications in the upper limb. early treatment is mandatory. the authors report a case of a 64 years man with a right axillary artery aneurysm. the patient has had a previous exclusion of thoracic aortic aneurysm by endograft (tevar). due to the sudden growth of aneurysm and neurologic symptoms, he was submitted to total aneurismectomy and interposition of axillary-axillary prosthetic graft (ptfe 8 without rings). the histological study shows an atherosclerotic aneurysm. in the follow-up the patient presented an improving clinical status of the upper limb and a patent graft. present case report shows the importance and good outcome of surgical treatment in such patients.
%K atherosclerotic axillary artery aneurysms
%K surgical treatment.
%U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1646-706X2011000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en