Demirkan NA, Keskin Y, Sevinç H, Çetinkaya ÖA. Surgical treatment of a rare brachial artery aneurysm post-arteriovenous fistula closure after kidney transplant: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2024; 12(21): 4755-4761 [PMID: 39070829 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i21.4755]
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Ömer Arda Çetinkaya, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Hacettepe Neighborhood, İbni Sina Hospital Academic Campus Building, Block K, Altındağ, Ankara 06100, Türkiye. omerardacetinkaya@yahoo.com
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World J Clin Cases. Jul 26, 2024; 12(21): 4755-4761 Published online Jul 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i21.4755
Surgical treatment of a rare brachial artery aneurysm post-arteriovenous fistula closure after kidney transplant: A case report
Nahit Arda Demirkan, Yasemin Keskin, Hakan Sevinç, Ömer Arda Çetinkaya
Nahit Arda Demirkan, Hakan Sevinç, Ömer Arda Çetinkaya, Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Türkiye
Yasemin Keskin, Department of General Surgery, Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara 06100, Türkiye
Author contributions: Demirkan NA, Keskin Y, and Sevinç H contributed to manuscript writing and editing, and data collection; Çetinkaya ÖA, Keskin Y, and Sevinç H contributed to data analysis; Demirkan NA and Çetinkaya ÖA contributed to conceptualization and supervision; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Ömer Arda Çetinkaya, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Hacettepe Neighborhood, İbni Sina Hospital Academic Campus Building, Block K, Altındağ, Ankara 06100, Türkiye. omerardacetinkaya@yahoo.com
Received: March 23, 2024 Revised: May 17, 2024 Accepted: June 3, 2024 Published online: July 26, 2024 Processing time: 99 Days and 23 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Brachial artery aneurysm often presents as a mass in the upper extremity and is asymptomatic. Pain or neurological symptoms related to median nerve compression, as well as hand or digital ischemia due to thrombosis or distal embolization, may occur. While endovascular techniques have been described in the literature for treating pseudoaneurysms in the brachial artery, the treatment of true aneurysms in this artery is primarily based on a surgical approach involving aneurysm resection and the placement of autologous venous or prosthetic grafts. Based on our clinical experiences and as in the reported case, surgical repair is the appropriate treatment option that should be undertaken without delay to prevent upper extremity ischemic sequelae. However, due to the rarity of true brachial artery aneurysm occurrences and a lack of sufficient studies among the available treatment options, the matter remains open to discussion and maintains its relevance.
