Innominate Artery False Aneurysm due to Air Rifle Injury

Innominate artery aneurysm, how to solve it?

We herein describe our *These authors contributed equally to this work. experience with a congenital innominate artery aneurysm (IAA) that was managed with a simple surgical procedure. A 44-year-old woman was admitted for chest distress. Computed tomography angiography showed a 3.6-cm IAA arising from the aortic arch and compressing the trachea. A median sternotomy was performed with the patien...

A suprasternal false aneurysm caused by posttraumatic innominate artery rupture after dissection type A repair.

Transplant renal artery false aneurysm

The transplant renal artery false aneurysm is a rare event but can be fatal. We report the case of a patient with a false aneurysm, which appeared 6 years after transplantation. The clinical presentation was an increase of the creatinine value and de novo graft hydronephrosis. The first ultrasound performed showed no aneurysm, leaving doubt whether this would not have been caused iatrogenically...

Blunt injury of proximal innominate artery.

Innominate artery injury after blunt trauma is uncommon. We present a case of innominate artery injury, successfully treated with aorto-innominate bypass.

False Aneurysm of the Common Femoral Artery in an Infant after a Phlebotomy

False Aneurysms are uncommon in the pediatric population. We report a case of false aneurysm of the common femoral artery (CFA) after accidental arterial puncture, during a phlebotomy for blood sample. The lesion was surgically resected and arterial continuity restored by end to end anastomosis. The postoperative course was uneventful.