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A 32-year-old woman presented with a pulsatile, painful mass in her left upper arm, originating several days after removal of an Ilizarov external fixation. The diagnosis of a pseudoaneurysm was made by medical history and by physical and ultrasonographic examination of the mass. Angiography confirmed the presence of the pseudoaneurysm, originating from a branch of the arteria profunda brachii, and definitive treatment was performed by transcatheter embolization. Clinical follow-up showed absence of pulsation and pain in the upper arm and a gradual volume decrease of the mass lesion.
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Maleux, G., Stockx, L., Brys, P. et al. Iatrogenic pseudoaneurysm in the upper arm: Treatment by transcatheter embolization. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 23, 140–142 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002709910028
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002709910028