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Case Report

Volume 8, Number 2, February 2017, pages 33-35


High Median Nerve Palsy Caused by Pseudoaneurysm After Brachial Catheterization: Two Case Reports

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Demonstrative figures of case 1 and case 2. (a) Case 1. A soft tissue tumor with a Tinel-like sign seen on the flexor side of her elbow at the level of her medial epicondyle (circled). (b) Case 1. Angiography confirmed that her soft tissue tumor was pseudoaneurysm at brachial artery (black arrow). (c) Case 1. Surgical findings before pseudoaneurysm resection. Black arrow: pseudoaneurysm, Shadowed arrow: median nerve, White arrow: brachial artery (d) Case 1. Surgical findings after pseudoaneurysm resection and neurolysis. Black arrow: pseudoneuroma of median nerve seen after resection of pseudoaneurysm, Shadowed arrow: median nerve, White arrow: brachial artery. (e) Case 2. Doppler ultrasonography. Black arrow: pseudoaneurysm, White arrow: brachial artery.