Radial artery aneurysm resulting from repetitive occupational injury: Tailor's thumb

J M Behar; J S Winston; J Knowles; F Myint

doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.04.009

Radial artery aneurysm resulting from repetitive occupational injury: Tailor's thumb

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007 Sep;34(3):299-301. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.04.009. Epub 2007 Jun 15.

Authors

J M Behar¹, J S Winston, J Knowles, F Myint

Affiliation

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, North Middlesex University Hospital, UK.

PMID: 17572115
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.04.009

Abstract

Introduction: True radial artery aneurysms are very rare and a cause is rarely identified.

Case report: An unusual case of a true radial artery aneurysm in a tailor of fifty years; presenting with a growing, tender lump at the base of his thumb.

Discussion: Radial artery aneurysms are classically pseudoaneurysms from iatrogenic traumatic injury - arterial cannulation. This is the first case in the literature to demonstrate a true aneurysm secondary to repetitive occupational injury.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm / etiology*
Aneurysm / pathology
Aneurysm / surgery
Cumulative Trauma Disorders / complications*
Cumulative Trauma Disorders / pathology
Cumulative Trauma Disorders / surgery
Humans
Ligation
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases / complications*
Occupational Diseases / pathology
Occupational Diseases / surgery
Radial Artery* / pathology
Radial Artery* / surgery
Thumb / blood supply*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Surgical Procedures