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Spontaneous Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Non-traumatic Superficial Venous Aneurysm on the Distal Arm

Venous aneurysms are benign acquired vascular lesions. A 59-year-old man developed a lesion on his right wrist that would enlarge and flatten depending on whether his arm was dependent or elevated; he had no prior history of trauma to the site. Examination of his wrist revealed a soft, compressible...

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Autores principales: McKesey, Jacqueline, Cohen, Philip R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034963
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2641
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description Venous aneurysms are benign acquired vascular lesions. A 59-year-old man developed a lesion on his right wrist that would enlarge and flatten depending on whether his arm was dependent or elevated; he had no prior history of trauma to the site. Examination of his wrist revealed a soft, compressible nodule contiguous with venous structures in the area. The history and clinical appearance established the diagnosis of a superficial venous aneurysm. Venous aneurysms typically occur on extremities, either in the superficial or deep venous systems; a prior history of trauma is often elicited. Clinical observation may be appropriate for the management of venous aneurysms; however, symptomatic lesions often require excision. In conclusion, venous aneurysms often appear in adults; trauma may or may not precede their appearance. Asymptomatic lesions may be observed, whereas surgery may be necessary to resolve the condition if the aneurysm is symptomatic.
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spelling pubmed-60501652018-07-22 Spontaneous Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Non-traumatic Superficial Venous Aneurysm on the Distal Arm McKesey, Jacqueline Cohen, Philip R Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery Venous aneurysms are benign acquired vascular lesions. A 59-year-old man developed a lesion on his right wrist that would enlarge and flatten depending on whether his arm was dependent or elevated; he had no prior history of trauma to the site. Examination of his wrist revealed a soft, compressible nodule contiguous with venous structures in the area. The history and clinical appearance established the diagnosis of a superficial venous aneurysm. Venous aneurysms typically occur on extremities, either in the superficial or deep venous systems; a prior history of trauma is often elicited. Clinical observation may be appropriate for the management of venous aneurysms; however, symptomatic lesions often require excision. In conclusion, venous aneurysms often appear in adults; trauma may or may not precede their appearance. Asymptomatic lesions may be observed, whereas surgery may be necessary to resolve the condition if the aneurysm is symptomatic. Cureus 2018-05-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6050165/ /pubmed/30034963 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2641 Text en Copyright © 2018, McKesey et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Spontaneous Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Non-traumatic Superficial Venous Aneurysm on the Distal Arm
title Spontaneous Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Non-traumatic Superficial Venous Aneurysm on the Distal Arm
title_full Spontaneous Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Non-traumatic Superficial Venous Aneurysm on the Distal Arm
title_fullStr Spontaneous Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Non-traumatic Superficial Venous Aneurysm on the Distal Arm
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Non-traumatic Superficial Venous Aneurysm on the Distal Arm
title_short Spontaneous Venous Aneurysm: Report of a Non-traumatic Superficial Venous Aneurysm on the Distal Arm
title_sort spontaneous venous aneurysm: report of a non-traumatic superficial venous aneurysm on the distal arm
topic Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6050165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034963
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2641
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