Open AccessBrachial artery injury following opened elbow dislocation associated with accessory brachial artery: two rare entities in a 17-year –old girl: case report
Author(s) -
R. Hajji,
Youssef Zrihni,
H. Naouli,
Abdellatif Bouarhroum
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the pan african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.287
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1937-8688
DOI - 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.265.3915
Subject(s) - medicine , brachial artery , girl , elbow , concomitant , surgery , dislocation , artery , radiology , blood pressure , psychology , developmental psychology , materials science , composite material
Elbow dislocations are the most frequently encountered after shoulder dislocations. In their vast majority, these injuries carry a good prognosis. Although, concomitant arterial injury is rare and make them more serious. In this paper, we report a case of a 17 year old woman with opened elbow dislocation with arterial injury associated to an artery variation: "accessory brachial artery"