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Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2/2019

01-04-2019 | Case Report

Interesting case of left subclavian pseudoaneurysm in a child managed successfully

Authors: Neville AbelGeorge Solomon, Swaminathan Vaidyanathan, Venugopal Balaji, Musthafa Janeel

Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 2/2019

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Abstract

Subclavian artery aneurysm is extremely rare, and further aneurysm in a 3-year-old child is more exceptional. Most common causes of subclavian artery aneurysms are atherosclerosis, poststenotic thoracic outlet syndrome, infectious, trauma, and inflammatory arteritis, and connective tissue disorders. Pseudoaneurysms may be due to trauma or any iatrogenic injury to subclavian artery. We present a case report of a 3-year-old male child presented to us with recurrent cough without expectoration for 4-months duration due to compression by a large subclavian artery aneurysm. Patient was successfully managed surgically through left thoracotomy approach. After operation, the patient improved symptomatically. Child was asymptomatic at 3-month follow-up.
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Metadata
Title
Interesting case of left subclavian pseudoaneurysm in a child managed successfully
Authors
Neville AbelGeorge Solomon
Swaminathan Vaidyanathan
Venugopal Balaji
Musthafa Janeel
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0970-9134
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7723
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-018-0750-z

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