Iatrogenic venous pseudoaneurysm following venipuncture: Case report and review of the literature

Abstract

We report the case of a venous pseudoaneurysm that developed after a venipuncture made during a blood donation in an otherwise healthy 43-year-old man. The patient presented 3 years later with a mass in the antecubital fossa that was successfully treated with surgical resection. The clinical features of this exceptionally rare lesion are discussed.

Successful Surgical Resection of Iatrogenic Antecubital Venous Pseudoaneurysm Following Venipuncture: A 2-Case Report

“… 8 , 9 However, a few cases of VP appearing after the venipuncture of the forearm are documented. 3 , 5 , 6 Although in 2 of those 3 cases, VP appeared in patients undergoing anticoagulation therapy, 3 , 6 both the patients in this study never received the therapy. Although 2 of 3 patients in the previous reports were men, the present 2 patients were women.…”

“…Although many reports have documented iatrogenic arterial pseudoaneurysms following the puncture of vessels such as the femoral artery, 4 iatrogenic venous pseudoaneurysm (VP) following antecubital venipuncture, a common medical procedure, is rare. 3 , 5 , 6 Diagnosis of VP is easily performed by duplex ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This report showed 2 cases of VP following venipuncture.…”

Jatrogenna przetoka tętniczo-żylna z workowatym poszerzeniem- opis przypadku

“…Establishing the correct diagnosis of complications that occur after interventional procedures via the transfemoral access requires taking into account all potential morphological variants, and sometimes different imaging modalities, including contrast enhancement. According to our knowledge, our patient is the fourth case described in the literature [16][17][18]. For all authors, the main problem was to determine the name for such a complication.…”

Pseudoaneurysm of the posterior circumflex humeral artery diagnosed by sonography

“…1 Pseudoaneurysms may develop as a complication of needle puncture at the wrist (puncture of the radial artery for blood gas sampling) 3,7 or at the elbow (venous puncture leading to brachial artery pseudoaneurysm) 6 or, rarely, venous pseudoaneurysm of an antecubital vein. 8 Blunt trauma may also lead to pseudoaneurysm, like in the hypothenar or thenar hammer syndrome. 9 In the shoulder region, pseudoaneurysms are rare and may occur in the brachial artery as a result of blunt trauma 5 or the presence of an osteochondroma of the humerus, 10,11 or in the axillary artery after fracture of the humerus, 12 shoulder dislocation 13 or shoulder surgery.…”