BMJ case reports, 2017-06, Vol.2017, p.bcr-2017-220034
2017
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Surgical emergency: rupture of infected brachial artery pseudoaneurysm
- Ist Teil von
- BMJ case reports, 2017-06, Vol.2017, p.bcr-2017-220034
- Ort / Verlag
- England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2017
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Description A 53-year-old right hand dominant man with a significant medical history of intravenous heroin abuse for over 10 years. Surgical history is significant for traumatic right-hand amputation 10 years ago and multiple right-arm debridements for chronic wound infections from active heroin use. Learning points The four most common causes of mycotic aneurysm formation include septic emboli arising from cardiac valves, contiguous spread, infection of pre-existing aneurysm and bacteraemia in patients with significant atherosclerotic disease...
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1757-790XeISSN: 1757-790XDOI: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220034Titel-ID: cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5534969
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- Schlagworte
- Amputation, Aneurysm, False - etiology, Aneurysm, False - microbiology, Aneurysm, False - surgery, Aneurysm, Infected - etiology, Aneurysm, Infected - surgery, Aneurysm, Ruptured - etiology, Aneurysm, Ruptured - surgery, Aneurysms, Arm - microbiology, Arm - surgery, Brachial Artery - microbiology, Brachial Artery - surgery, Case reports, Chinese, Drug use, Emergencies, Heroin, Heroin Dependence - complications, Humans, Images In, Male, Middle Aged, Pseudoaneurysm, USA/Canada, Veins & arteries