Chronic traumatic pseudoaneurysm of polytetrafluoroethylene axillofemoral bypass graft in a quadriplegic patient

Ann Vasc Surg. 2008 Sep;22(5):688-91. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.02.009. Epub 2008 Apr 2.

Abstract

A case of nonanastomotic pseudoaneurysm of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) axillofemoral bypass graft due to chronic abrasion and pressure of the graft by external sources is reported. A quadriplegic patient presented with a pulsatile mass beneath his seatbelt straps in the mid-left chest region, consistent by computed tomography angiography and duplex ultrasound with a pseudoaneurysm of the PTFE graft, which had been placed 9 years previously. The patient underwent a successful endovascular repair of the pseudoaneurysm, and at 6-month follow-up the mass had resolved. To our knowledge this represents the first case of a chronic nonanastomotic pseudoaneurysm of a PTFE axillofemoral bypass graft secondary to abrasion and pressure that was repaired via an endovascular approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm / complications
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / complications
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery
  • Axillary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Axillary Artery / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Artery / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Iliac Artery / surgery
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Pressure / adverse effects
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Quadriplegia / complications*
  • Seat Belts / adverse effects*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wheelchairs

Substances

  • Polytetrafluoroethylene