Primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest

Primary venous aneurysms are rare and usually asymptomatic. Venous aneurysms are manifested more frequently in the lower extremities than in the upper extremities. Primary venous aneurysms of the upper extremities are more often reported as aesthetically displeasing bulges or incidental findings. He...

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Autores principales: Pierre-Louis, Willythssa S., Tikhtman, Raisa, Bonta, Alyssa, Meier, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6699190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31440718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.02.014
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author Pierre-Louis, Willythssa S.
Tikhtman, Raisa
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Meier, George
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description Primary venous aneurysms are rare and usually asymptomatic. Venous aneurysms are manifested more frequently in the lower extremities than in the upper extremities. Primary venous aneurysms of the upper extremities are more often reported as aesthetically displeasing bulges or incidental findings. Here, we report the rare case of an axillary primary venous aneurysm in a pediatric patient who presented with syncope and massive pulmonary embolism and highlight the management.
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spelling pubmed-66991902019-08-22 Primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest Pierre-Louis, Willythssa S. Tikhtman, Raisa Bonta, Alyssa Meier, George J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech Case report Primary venous aneurysms are rare and usually asymptomatic. Venous aneurysms are manifested more frequently in the lower extremities than in the upper extremities. Primary venous aneurysms of the upper extremities are more often reported as aesthetically displeasing bulges or incidental findings. Here, we report the rare case of an axillary primary venous aneurysm in a pediatric patient who presented with syncope and massive pulmonary embolism and highlight the management. Elsevier 2019-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6699190/ /pubmed/31440718 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.02.014 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest
title Primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest
title_full Primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest
title_fullStr Primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest
title_full_unstemmed Primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest
title_short Primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest
title_sort primary axillary venous aneurysm in a young patient presenting with cardiac arrest
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6699190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31440718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2019.02.014
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