A giant pseudoaneurysm of radial artery due to an arteriovenous graft and its surgical treatment

Hakan Kara,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8739

Hakan Kara¹, Kemal Uzun¹, Gökhan İlhan², Hasan Yılmaz³

Özel Giresun Ada Hastanesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, Giresun, Türkiye
¹Özel Giresun Ada Hastanesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Kliniği, Giresun, Türkiye
²Rize Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Rize, Türkiye
³Özel Giresun Ada Hastanesi, Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Kliniği, Giresun, Türkiye

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8739

Pseudoaneurysm is a pulsatile mass originating from an interrupted integrity of the arterial wall which was associated with the vessel wall. Pseudoaneurysm of the radial artery is extremely rare. Pseudoaneurysm may develop as a late complication of hemodialysis through vascular arteriovenous fistula in patients with chronic renal failure. In this article, we report a 52-year-old female case with a giant pseudoaneurysm of the radial artery which developed after an arteriovenous fistula using a polytetrafluoroethylene graft.

Keywords : Arteriovenous fistula; chronic renal failure; pseudoaneurysm

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