Traumatic false aneurysm of finger tip. Case report.
A 13 year old girl presented with a false aneurysm of the tip of the left middle finger. This was treated by ligation of the branch of the digital artery and sac excision. The patient made an uneventful recovery. To our knowledge, only 10 such cases have been reported, and these were all proximal to the distal interphalangeal joint.
Shidayama
R
R
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
Kaji
S
S
Kobayashi
K
K
Nakamura
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation