Innominate artery post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm presenting with Horner's syndrome

Vânia Constâncio Oliveira; Gonçalo Coutinho; Manuel Fonseca; Luis F Antunes

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivab156

Innominate artery post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm presenting with Horner's syndrome

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2021 Oct 29;33(5):829-831. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivab156.

Authors

Vânia Constâncio Oliveira¹, Gonçalo Coutinho², Manuel Fonseca¹, Luis F Antunes^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, EPE, Coimbra, Portugal.
³ Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Abstract

Isolated innominate artery trauma after blunt thoracic contusion is rare and occurs mostly at its origin. We report a case of a post-traumatic distal innominate artery pseudoaneurysm presenting with Horner's syndrome treated by conventional surgical approach.

Keywords: Horner’s syndrome; Innominate artery; Pseudoaneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm, False* / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False* / etiology
Aneurysm, False* / surgery
Brachiocephalic Trunk / diagnostic imaging
Brachiocephalic Trunk / surgery
Horner Syndrome* / etiology
Humans
Thoracic Injuries* / complications
Thoracic Injuries* / diagnostic imaging
Thoracic Injuries* / surgery