A carotid bifurcation pseudoaneurysm treated endovascularly in a patient with irradiated neck.

A carotid artery pseudoaneurysm in an irradiated neck is a rare entity with possible devastating results and management should be multidisciplinary. We present a successful endovascular treatment of a late carotid artery pseudoaneurysm following patch endarterectomy and cervical radiotherapy.

Primary aortoenteric fistula due to septic aortitis.

Primary aortoenteric fistula is most commonly caused from erosion of the bowel wall by an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Septic aortitis with pseudoaneurysm formation and finally erosion into the duodenum represents a rare cause that has been described in very few patients in the literature. We present a rare clinical case of Salmonella aortitis and associated infrarenal aortic pseudoaneurysm that evolved into an aortoduodenal fistula.

Endovascular treatment of a primary aortoduodenal fistula: 2-year follow-up of a case report.

The purpose is to evaluate the role of endovascular management for primary aortoduodenal fistula in poor surgical risk patients. A 70-year-old-man was admitted at the emergency room of our hospital with recurrent upper-gastrointestinal bleeding. A diagnostic workup was suggestive of a primary aortoduodenal fistula caused by erosion of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Arterial compromise caused by lower limb osteochondroma.

Osteochondromas occasionally cause arterial complications, mainly concerning the distal superficial femoral and popliteal arteries. The authors present 11 patients (12 cases) with arterial disorders caused by exostoses who were hospitalized in their Vascular Clinic. All but 1 had signs or symptoms of peripheral arterial disease such as intermittent claudication or diminished peripheral pulses, and 1 also presented serious neurologic sequelae.