Vol 26, No 4 (2020)
Case report
Published online: 2021-01-17
Clavicular non-union as an undiagnosed cause of progressive limb-threatening upper extremity ischemia
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DOI: 10.5603/AA.2020.0020
Acta Angiologica 2020;26(4):144-146.
Abstract
A rare case of progressive upper limb-threatening ischemia is presented. The ischemia was caused by the
chronic embolization from the axillary artery that was compressed by the clavicular pseudoarthrosis due to
the remote in time fracture
Keywords: clavicular pseudoarthrosisupper limb ischemiaarterio-arterial embolism
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