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Delayed diagnosis of dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm following blunt chest trauma

Pseudoaneurysm is a well-recognised form of vascular injury following blunt trauma. Its diagnosis is often delayed due to late manifestation of signs and symptoms. Nonetheless, complications of pseudoaneurysm can be severe and even fatal. A 60-year-old man presented to our tertiary trauma centre wit...

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Autores principales: Jin, LongHai, Fitzgerald, Ailene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8414168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34504933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100521
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description Pseudoaneurysm is a well-recognised form of vascular injury following blunt trauma. Its diagnosis is often delayed due to late manifestation of signs and symptoms. Nonetheless, complications of pseudoaneurysm can be severe and even fatal. A 60-year-old man presented to our tertiary trauma centre with blunt chest trauma. His treatment was initially focused on the left clavicular fracture. He was eventually diagnosed with a dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm and a large chest wall haematoma on computed tomography on his third hospital admission in two weeks. This pseudoaneurysm was treated with endovascular embolisation. This article highlights the value of meticulous clinical examination as well as judicious use of biochemistry and imaging in trauma management.
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spelling pubmed-84141682021-09-08 Delayed diagnosis of dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm following blunt chest trauma Jin, LongHai Fitzgerald, Ailene Trauma Case Rep Case Report Pseudoaneurysm is a well-recognised form of vascular injury following blunt trauma. Its diagnosis is often delayed due to late manifestation of signs and symptoms. Nonetheless, complications of pseudoaneurysm can be severe and even fatal. A 60-year-old man presented to our tertiary trauma centre with blunt chest trauma. His treatment was initially focused on the left clavicular fracture. He was eventually diagnosed with a dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm and a large chest wall haematoma on computed tomography on his third hospital admission in two weeks. This pseudoaneurysm was treated with endovascular embolisation. This article highlights the value of meticulous clinical examination as well as judicious use of biochemistry and imaging in trauma management. Elsevier 2021-08-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8414168/ /pubmed/34504933 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2021.100521 Text en Crown Copyright © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://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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title Delayed diagnosis of dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm following blunt chest trauma
title_full Delayed diagnosis of dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm following blunt chest trauma
title_fullStr Delayed diagnosis of dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm following blunt chest trauma
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title_short Delayed diagnosis of dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm following blunt chest trauma
title_sort delayed diagnosis of dorsal scapular artery pseudoaneurysm following blunt chest trauma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8414168/
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