Poststab injury subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm excision

Abstract

Poststab injury subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare entity with great significance because of the risk of complications such as thrombosis, rupture, gangrene, or limb loss. It should be repaired early whenever diagnosed. Our case report has a 24-year-old male patient with a history of stab injury to left supraclavicular region followed by pulsatile swelling after 2 days due to subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm. We excised the pseudoaneurysm with vein patch repair of the subclavian artery.

Keywords

• Pseudoaneurysm
• pulsatile swelling
• stab injury
• subclavian artery