Innominate artery pseudoaneurysm due to penetrating staple gun injury

Naim Boran Tümer; Erkan İriz; Muhammed Fatih Yılmaz; Yusuf Ünal

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8851

Naim Boran Tümer¹, Erkan İriz², Muhammed Fatih Yılmaz³, Yusuf Ünal⁴

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Numune Training and Researh Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kayseri Training and Researh Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey
⁴Departments of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Medical Faculty of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.8851

Penetrating injuries of isolated innominate artery are very rare. The main causes of such injuries include blunt, penetrating, blast or iatrogenic trauma. In this article, we report a 55-year-old male case with a staple gun injury from the sternum. Helical computed tomography angiography showed an innominate artery pseudoaneurysm and the patient underwent immediate surgery. The patient was successfully treated and discharged in the sixth postoperative day.

Keywords : Innominate artery; penetrating trauma; pseudoaneurysm

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