A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis | Zendy

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A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of the Forearm as Unusual Complication of Bacterial Endocarditis

Author(s) -

Michele Arcopinto,

Teresa Russo,

Antonio Ruvolo,

Antonio Cittadini,

Luigi Saccà,

Raffaele Napoli

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in vascular medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6986

pISSN - 2090-6994

DOI - 10.1155/2013/549529

Subject(s) - medicine , complication , pseudoaneurysm , infective endocarditis , surgery , endocarditis , hematoma , forearm , antibiotic therapy , radial artery , artery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

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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