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Unusual association of diseases/symptoms
CASE REPORT
Axillary artery aneurysm combined with brachial plexus palsy due to Takayasu arteritis
  1. Denise Kim1,
  2. Graham Roche-Nagle2
  1. 1Department of Medicine, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
  2. 2Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Graham Roche-Nagle, graham.roche-nagle{at}uhn.ca

Summary

We report the case of a young female patient who presented with a right axillary artery aneurysm with neurological symptoms due to Takayasuarteritis (TA). Decompression of the aneurysm and arterial repair with an interposition vein bypass resulted in a full recovery. The case emphasises that peripheral aneurysms can occur due to TA and that there may be neurological complications.

  • vascular surgery
  • vasculitis
  • peripheral nerve disease
  • pathology
  • medical management

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-221863

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors All authors were responsible in drafting the manuscript, revising it critically for important intellectual content and approving of the version to be published.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.