Chapter 84 - Upper extremity aneurysm Flashcards
Usual age at which aneurysm degeneration occur in aberrant right subclavian
> 50 years
Define Kommerell’s diverticulum
Degenerative aneurysmal change in proximal portion of aberrant subclavian artery
Rate of Kommerell’s diverticulum in aberrant right subclavian
60%
Astley Cooper 1805, 1808 on arch vessel aneurysm
CCA aneurysm ligation
Mott 1818 on arch vessel aneurysm
Innominate artery ligation for subclavian artery aneurysm
dead in 1 month from necrotic aneurysm
1864 Smyth in New Orleans on subclavian artery aneurysm
first successful treatment by ligating CCA and innominate artery
recurred and ruptured 10 years later
Halsted 1892 John Hopkins on arch vessel aneurysm
Successful resection of subclavian artery aneurysm
Matas 1913 on arch vessel aneurysms
7 cases of subclavian aneurysm endoaneurysmorrhaphy
% of arch aneurysms that were degenerative
63%
Demographic of arch vessel aneurysms
men > 60 years
Causes of arch vessel aneurysms
1) degenerative
2) trauma
3) FMD
4) syphilis
5) cystic medial necrosis
6) vasculitis
7) contiguous tuberculous lymphadenitis
8) idiopathic congenital cause
Arch aneurysms as a percentage of all peripheral aneurysms
1%
Percentage of patients with arch aneurysms to have other peripheral aneurysms
30-50%
Subclavian aneurysm as percentage of all arch aneurysms
50%
Innominate aneurysm as percentage of arch aneurysms
2-5%
Causes of true aneurysms in the CCA
1) degenerative
2) FMD
3) marfan
4) Behcet
5) takayasu
Chance of bilateral CCA aneurysm
very rare
1) takayasu
2) cogan syndrome
Cogan syndrome
Multisystemic disease with vestibuloauditory dysfunction, inflammatory eye disease and vasculitis
Can cause recurrent aortic and carotid aneurysms
Mimic Marfans
Symptoms of arch vessel aneurysm
1) chest/neck/shoulder pain
2) UE ischemic symptoms
3) UE pain/neurologic dysfunction
4) hoarseness
5) respiratory insufficiency
6) TIA/stroke
7) dysphagia
8) hemoptysis
9) supraclavicular bruit
10) Horner syndrome
Risk of ligation in causing ischemia in arch aneurysms
25%
Kieffer et al innominate artery types
Type A: confined to innominate artery distal to origin
Type B (most common): innominate and origin
Type C: innominate artery and ascending aorta
Subclavian artery aneurysm classification
Proximal (degenerative): stenotomy
Distal (TOS): supra and infraclavicular incision