A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis
A 59-year-old man with fever was diagnosed with endocarditis due to Streptococcus bovis. Two weeks after antibiotic therapy was started, he presented with red and painful swelling of the forearm without any sign of systemic inflammation. A giant hematoma connected to the radial artery was detected w...
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| description | A 59-year-old man with fever was diagnosed with endocarditis due to Streptococcus bovis. Two weeks after antibiotic therapy was started, he presented with red and painful swelling of the forearm without any sign of systemic inflammation. A giant hematoma connected to the radial artery was detected with ultrasound. Surgical intervention with the removal of multiple, sterile clots from the hematoma was performed, and the multiple lacerations of the artery detected were corrected. This is the first case reporting rupture of the radial artery as a complication of infective endocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ad89791a99894c67a3544541fd2227892025-02-03T06:04:54ZengWileyCase Reports in Vascular Medicine2090-69862090-69942013-01-01201310.1155/2013/549529549529A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial EndocarditisMichele Arcopinto0Teresa Russo1Antonio Ruvolo2Antonio Cittadini3Luigi Saccà4Raffaele Napoli5Department of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Federico II University, 5 Via Sergio Pansini, 80131 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Federico II University, 5 Via Sergio Pansini, 80131 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Federico II University, 5 Via Sergio Pansini, 80131 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Federico II University, 5 Via Sergio Pansini, 80131 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Federico II University, 5 Via Sergio Pansini, 80131 Napoli, ItalyDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Federico II University, 5 Via Sergio Pansini, 80131 Napoli, ItalyA 59-year-old man with fever was diagnosed with endocarditis due to Streptococcus bovis. Two weeks after antibiotic therapy was started, he presented with red and painful swelling of the forearm without any sign of systemic inflammation. A giant hematoma connected to the radial artery was detected with ultrasound. Surgical intervention with the removal of multiple, sterile clots from the hematoma was performed, and the multiple lacerations of the artery detected were corrected. This is the first case reporting rupture of the radial artery as a complication of infective endocarditis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/549529 |
| spellingShingle | Michele Arcopinto Teresa Russo Antonio Ruvolo Antonio Cittadini Luigi Saccà Raffaele Napoli A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis Case Reports in Vascular Medicine |
| title | A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis |
| title_full | A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis |
| title_fullStr | A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis |
| title_short | A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis |
| title_sort | giant pseudoaneurysm of the forearm as unusual complication of bacterial endocarditis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/549529 |
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