Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 569-572 , March 2002

Melioidosis presenting as an infected intrathoracic subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm treated with femoral vein interposition graft

Presented at the Twenty-ninth Annual Symposium of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Boca Raton, Fla, Apr 4-8, 2001.

Received 3 May 2001 ,Accepted 4 July 2001.

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    Admitting chest radiograph showing right upper mediastinal mass (arrow ).

    Admitting chest radiograph showing right upper mediastinal mass (arrow ).

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    CT scan demonstrating 6.5-cm proximal right subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm (most proximal, upper left ; next, upper right ; next, lower left ; most distal, lower right ).

    CT scan demonstrating 6.5-cm proximal right subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm (most proximal, upper left ; next, upper right ; next, lower left ; most distal, lower right ).

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    Aortic arch arteriogram demonstrating proximal right subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm.

    Aortic arch arteriogram demonstrating proximal right subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm.

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    Selective catheterization of right subclavian artery shows spurting of dye into pseudoaneurysm arising from proximal right subclavian artery (A ) and filling of the pseudoaneurysm (B ).

    Selective catheterization of right subclavian artery shows spurting of dye into pseudoaneurysm arising from proximal right subclavian artery (A ) and filling of the pseudoaneurysm (B ).

☆ Competition of interest: nil.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Keith D. Calligaro, MD, Section of Vascular Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, 700 Spruce St, Suite 101, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

PII: S0741-5214(02)01456-8

doi: 10.1067/mva.2002.118592

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 3 , Pages 569-572 , March 2002

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