title: True aneurysm of the palmar arch. A resection without reconstruction.
abstract: A case of ideopathic true aneurysm of the left palmar arch in a 75-year-old female is reported. Surgical exploration and resection of the aneurysm was done. The need for vascular reconstruction was evaluated by means of a pulse oxymeter on the fingertips intra-operatively. Resection was done without reconstruction with no averse effects. Histology confirmed the diagnosis of a true aneurysm with inside proliferation of connective tissue and endothelical cells called: "angioma vegetant of Masson".
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Thoraco-vascular Surgery, A.Z. M. Middelares, St. Niklaas, Belgium.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Keymeulen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Van Osselaer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*