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Radial artery mycotic pseudoaneurysm: An unusual complication of catheterization
Author(s) -
Tsao Jack W.,
Neymark Edward,
Gooding Gretchen A. W.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0096(200010)28:8<414::aid-jcu6>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - pseudoaneurysm , medicine , radial artery , pulsatile flow , complication , radiology , artery , surgery
ABSTRACT Radial artery pseudoaneurysms are rare, and those that become infected are rarer still. We present the case of a patient who developed a radial artery pseudoaneurysm as a late complication of arterial catheterization. Blood cultures were positive for Staphylococcus aureus, and a pulsatile mass, with associated tissue necrosis, was palpable over the radial artery. The diagnosis was confirmed by gray‐scale and color Doppler sonography, which showed a partially thrombosed pseudoaneurysm and turbulent flow in the pseudoaneurysm and native artery. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 28:414–416, 2000.