Urinary homocystine levels in a newborn infant with cystathionine synthase deficiency
โ Scribed by T. Watanabe; Y. Kuroda; E. Naito; M. Ito; E. Takeda; K. Toshima; M. Miyao; T. Tomita; S. Furukawa
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Volume
- 146
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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โฆ Synopsis
A 1-month-old infant was referred for a rapidly expanding mass at the left elbow. Angiography showed contrast extra-vasation from the brachial artery in a 4 โข 3cm pseudo-aneurysm. This false aneurysm was treated surgically with good result. It is probable that accidental arterial puncture during repeated veni punctures in the neonatal period for determination of bilirubinaemia was responsible for pseudo-aneurysm of the brachial artery.
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