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ArticleJournal of medical cases2026

Cephalic Venous Aneurysm and Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia in a Blood Donor.

Christodoulos Chatzigrigoriadis, Georgios-Eleftherios Anagnostopoulos, Dimitra Koumoundourou, Eriselda Mamullari, Kiriaki Zikou, Georgios Marios Stergiopoulos, Panagis Galiatsatos, Stavros Kakkos

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Christodoulos ChatzigrigoriadisSchool of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5449-0911
Georgios-Eleftherios AnagnostopoulosSchool of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0069-5475
Dimitra KoumoundourouDepartment of Pathology and Cytopathology, University General Hospital of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-8252
Eriselda MamullariSchool of Medicine, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0571-4412
Kiriaki ZikouDepartment of Radiology, University General Hospital of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3038-7675
Georgios Marios StergiopoulosDepartment of Internal Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7315-248X
Panagis GaliatsatosDepartment of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-3841
Stavros KakkosDepartment of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras Medical School, 26504 Patras, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7516-4873

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Abstract

Venous aneurysms (VAs) and pseudoaneurysms (VPAs) are uncommon vascular lesions with variable etiology and location. We report a 52-year-old male blood donor who developed thrombophlebitis presenting as a right antecubital mass after multiple venipunctures. Initial duplex ultrasound revealed a saccular dilation of the right cephalic vein (15.6 × 7.8 × 25.5 mm) with thrombus, as well as thrombosis of the right brachial vein. The patient was treated with anticoagulation, followed by definitive surgical management. Histopathological examination revealed a VA, as well as intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia. A scoping review of PubMed and Scopus databases identified seven similar cases of upper extremity VAs or VPAs related to venipuncture or peripheral venous cannulation. To our knowledge, this is an unusual case of a right cephalic VA and intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia secondary to venipuncture. Current knowledge on this uncommon disease entity is summarized.

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AneurysmIntravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasiaMasson hemangiomaPhlebotomyThrombophlebitisThrombosisVascular malformationsVenipuncture

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PMCPMC13278726

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