FALSE ANEURYSM AND BRACHIAL-PLEXUS PALSY COMPLICATING A PROXIMAL HUMERAL EXOSTOSIS

Authors
GERRAND CH
Citation
Ch. Gerrand, FALSE ANEURYSM AND BRACHIAL-PLEXUS PALSY COMPLICATING A PROXIMAL HUMERAL EXOSTOSIS, Journal of hand surgery. British volume, 22B(3), 1997, pp. 413-415
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of hand surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667681
Volume
22B
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
413 - 415
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7681(1997)22B:3<413:FAABPC>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
An unusual case is described in which a false aneurysm of the brachial artery secondary to an exostosis of the proximal humerus caused a com pressive lesion of the brachial plexus. Surgical treatment of the exos tosis and the false aneurysm relieved the symptoms.