title: True aneurysms of the digital artery: case report.
abstract: True aneurysms of the digital arteries are extremely rare; a search of the literature in English yielded only 12 cases. An idiopathic true aneurysm of the radial digital artery of the small finger is described, with its clinical presentation and corresponding arteriogram. Microsurgical repair with an interposition vein graft was performed to re-establish the vascular anatomy. To our knowledge this is the first such reconstruction reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, 1625 Poplar Street, Suite 200, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Berish
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Strauch
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melone
authors.forename: Steve A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: McClain
authors.forename: Bernard T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation