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- noun medicine A so-called "false aneurysm", a
hematoma that forms as the result of a leakinghole in anartery .
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One of the rarest benign causes is a pseudoaneurysm developing in patients previously having heart surgery.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Panagiotis Dedeilias 2010
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Mass effect to the superior vena cava makes necessary an open surgical treatment of the pseudoaneurysm so as to concurrently resolve the right mediastinal venous system's compression.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Panagiotis Dedeilias 2010
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Case report: We present the case of a large pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta, five years after primary surgery, with a significant compression of the right mediastinal venous system causing superior vena cava syndrome, detected at chest CT angiography.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Panagiotis Dedeilias 2010
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Enhanced chest CT should be always undertaken in all patients with superior vena cava syndrome, especially in those previously having cardiac or aortic surgery to correctly evaluate the presence of a pseudoaneurysm.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Panagiotis Dedeilias 2010
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In pseudoaneurysm-saccular type a small blister or bleb present on the side of aorta
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We present a case of missed diagnosis of traumatic anterior tibial artery pseudoaneurysm in a 39 year old female, instead treated as post operative arthroscopy infection.
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Because of this anatomical variation in course along with other factors, pseudoaneurysm formation at ankle is relatively high.
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