Subclavian artery rupture in a young man during excessive weight lifting

Alexandra Gratl; Andreas Frech; Bernhard Glodny; Andreas Hoh; Josef Klocker; Gustav Fraedrich

doi:10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.012

Subclavian artery rupture in a young man during excessive weight lifting

J Vasc Surg Cases. 2015 Jun 20;1(2):194-196. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.04.012. eCollection 2015 Jun.

Authors

Alexandra Gratl¹, Andreas Frech¹, Bernhard Glodny², Andreas Hoh¹, Josef Klocker¹, Gustav Fraedrich¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
² Department of Radiology, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

Abstract

We report a 19-year-old man with rupture of the right subclavian artery after an excessive exercise of weight lifting. Imaging showed a hematothorax and hematomediastinum, a pseudoaneurysm with a maximum diameter of 4 cm, and a dissection of the right vertebral artery. As an emergency procedure an interposition graft was performed for reconstruction of the right subclavian artery. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and he was symptom free except for regressive hoarseness due to a paresis of the right recurrent laryngeal nerve.

Publication types

Case Reports