Successful Surgical Reconstruction of a Ruptured Brachial Artery Aneurysm in a Patient With Type 1 Neurofibromatosis

Kyra J Degenaar; Britt Barvelink; Syert Nienhuis; Bernard H Elsman

doi:10.1016/j.ejvssr.2019.04.004

Successful Surgical Reconstruction of a Ruptured Brachial Artery Aneurysm in a Patient With Type 1 Neurofibromatosis

EJVES Short Rep. 2019 May 11:43:18-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvssr.2019.04.004. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Kyra J Degenaar¹, Britt Barvelink¹, Syert Nienhuis², Bernard H Elsman¹

Affiliations

¹ Surgery Department, Deventer Ziekenhuis, Deventer, The Netherlands.
² Radiology Department, Deventer Ziekenhuis, Deventer, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Introduction: The vascular pathology of patients with type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF-1) is known. Aneurysms of the brachial artery in NF-1 patients are rare and surgical treatment remains a challenge.

Report: A patient known to have NF-1 presented with swelling of the left arm. Computed tomography angiography showed a ruptured aneurysm of the brachial artery. Operative reconstruction was performed using reversed saphenous vein.

Discussion: Up to now four cases had been published describing brachial aneurysms in NF-1 patients. This case describes the successful reconstruction of a ruptured brachial aneurysm, using a saphenous vein.

Keywords: Aneurysm; Neurofibromatosis; Vasculopathy; von Recklinghausen.

Publication types

Case Reports