title: [Compression syndrome of the arteria circumflexa humeri posterior in a volleyball player].
abstract: The compression syndrome of the posterior circumflex humeral artery is an infrequent vascular compression syndrome and differential diagnosis of the thoracic outlet- and the hypothenar-hammer-syndrome. The diagnosis includes a complete interview and a transfemoral armarteriography. Our report is about an affected volleyball player, the possible pathomechanism that can lead to this syndrome and the current literature.
authors.affiliation: Institut für diagnostische Radiologie, Universitätsspital Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stänz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wedler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Köpfli
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Künzi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pfammatter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*