Abstract
Pseudoaneurysm resulting from vascular impingement by an osteochondroma is extremely rare. The authors report on the case of a 16-year-old male who had a brachial artery pseudoaneurysm and vessel rupture associated with a humeral osteochondroma. This case suggests that pseudoaneurysm should be considered for the differential diagnosis in patients with soft tissue masses and a cuspidal osteochondroma located near the neurovascular bundle and recommends Doppler sonography or angiography.
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Figure 1
(A) Plain radiograph shows a left proximal humeral osteochondroma. (B) Three-dimentional reconstructed computed tomography (CT) image shows a medially protruded humeral osteochondroma. (C) Axial CT image demonstrates that this osteochondroma has a sharp beak toward the brachial neurovascular bundle.
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Figure 2
(A) The shoulder T1 and (B) T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) axial images demonstrate soft tissue mass. (C) Enhance T1-weighted MR axial image shows pseudoaneurysm (arrow) arising from the compressed brachial artery which demonstrate a strong enhancement. (D) T2-weighted MR shows that this soft tissue mass has high signal intensity along the intermuscular septum.
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