Successful use of ultrasound-guided compression for a princeps pollicis artery pseudoaneurysm: case report

Matthew E Hiro; Effie Pappas-Politis; Umbar Mahmood; Wyatt G Payne

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.09.006

Successful use of ultrasound-guided compression for a princeps pollicis artery pseudoaneurysm: case report

J Hand Surg Am. 2012 Dec;37(12):2553-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.09.006.

Authors

Matthew E Hiro¹, Effie Pappas-Politis, Umbar Mahmood, Wyatt G Payne

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Tissue Regeneration, Repair, and Rehabilitation, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, FL 33744, USA.

PMID: 23174069
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.09.006

Abstract

A 73-year-old man receiving heparin developed a large hematoma in the first web after a routine blood draw. Color Doppler ultrasound demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the princeps pollicis artery. Ultrasound-guided compression resulted in successful thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / surgery*
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Mechanical Thrombolysis / methods*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted*
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color