Open AccessMultiple cephalic vein aneurysms with calcification in a patient undergoing hemodialysis: An unusual entity
Author(s) -
Mukesh Yadav,
Anmol Bhatia,
Sarbpreet Singh,
Niranjan Khandelwal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation/našrat amraḍ wa zira'aẗ al-kulaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2320-3838
pISSN - 1319-2442
DOI - 10.4103/1319-2442.157369
Subject(s) - medicine , cephalic vein , hemodialysis , arteriovenous fistula , complication , calcification , vein , fistula , surgery , radiology
Peripheral venous aneurysms are a known complication following autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for hemodialysis. We present a case of aneurysms involving the cephalic vein associated with calcification, a condition that, to the best of our knowledge, has not been reported earlier in the literature.