Brachial artery injury following opened elbow dislocation associated with accessory brachial artery: two rare entities in a 17-year old girl: case report

Abstract

Elbow dislocations are the most frequently encountered after shoulder dislocations. In their vast majority, these injuries carry a good prognosis. Although, concomitant arterial injury is rare and make them more serious. In this paper, we report a case of a 17 year old woman with opened elbow dislocation with arterial injury associated to an artery variation: "accessory brachial artery".

Keywords

• elbow
• dislocation
• arterial injury
• accessory brachial artery