Post-traumatic false aneurysm in a digital artery of the finger
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Tahseen Chaudhry; Gina M. Allen; Vaikunthan Rajaratnam
- Source
- Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery. 45:215-217
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Fingers
Pseudoaneurysm
Dogs
Aneurysm
Finger Injuries
medicine
Animals
Humans
Bites and Stings
cardiovascular diseases
business.industry
Ultrasound
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Digital artery
Dog bite
Surgery
cardiovascular system
Female
Radiology
High incidence
business
Aneurysm, False
- Language
- ISSN
- 2000-6764
2000-656X
Despite the high incidence of trauma involving the hand and digits, traumatic aneurysms in this region are rarely seen and few are reported. We describe a false aneurysm of a digital artery caused by a dog bite.