Open AccessHypothenar Hammer Syndrome in a Computer Programmer: CTA Diagnosis and Surgical and Endovascular Treatment
Author(s) -
Ehab Ali Abdelgawad,
Hugo Bonatti,
Ahmed M. Housseini,
Ismaeel M. Maged,
Raymond F. Morgan,
Klaus D. Hagspiel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
vascular and endovascular surgery/vascular and endovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.46
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1938-9116
pISSN - 1538-5744
DOI - 10.1177/1538574409334346
Subject(s) - medicine , embolization , radiology , computed tomographic angiography , angiography , aneurysm , ischemia , digital subtraction angiography , thrombosis , ulnar artery , occlusion , surgery , artery , radial artery
Finger ischemia due to embolic occlusion of digital arteries resulting from trauma to the palmar ulnar artery has been termed hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS). In HHS, arterial thrombosis and/or aneurysm formation with embolization to the digital arteries causes symptoms of ischemia. We describe a patient in whom the initial diagnosis was made on multidetector computed tomographic angiography (CTA), as well as his endovascular and surgical management.
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