Innominate Artery Pseudoaneurysm Requiring Cartilage Tracheal Repair in a Child

Claudia Villanueva; Elie Sawan; Ganesh Gnanappa; Julian Ayer; Catherine S Birman; Alan T Cheng; Matthew Liava'a

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102329

Innominate Artery Pseudoaneurysm Requiring Cartilage Tracheal Repair in a Child

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Apr 17;29(10):102329. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102329. eCollection 2024 May 15.

Authors

Claudia Villanueva¹, Elie Sawan¹, Ganesh Gnanappa², Julian Ayer², Catherine S Birman^{3

4}, Alan T Cheng^{3

4}, Matthew Liava'a¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
² Department of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
³ Ear, Nose and Throat Department, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ Faculty of Medical and Health, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.

Abstract

Mycotic aneurysms are rare but potentially catastrophic. We report a case of an innominate artery pseudoaneurysm in a 4-year-old patient that caused a tracheoinnominate fistula requiring tracheoplasty with a costal cartilage graft and a homograft iliac artery replacement of the diseased innominate artery, with a successful outcome.

Keywords: mycotic aneurysm; pseudoaneurysm; tracheal fistula; tracheoplasty.

Publication types

Case Reports