title: [Posttraumatic AV fistula in the upper arm region following a foreign body injury. Sonographic diagnosis - a case report].
abstract: This paper reports on the sonographic localisation of a metallic foreign body in the upper arm region and its topographic anatomic position as well as the sonographic diagnosis of an AV fistula due to a lesion of the brachial blood vessels. Ultrasonography is the method of choice for the evaluation and diagnosis of foreign body injuries and possible subsequent complications.
authors.affiliation: Univ. Klinik für Unfallchirurgie Graz Klin. Abtl. f. Gefässchirurgie, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grechenig
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bratschitsch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peicha
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tiesenhausen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001132:Arm; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001630:Bezoars / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014463:Ultrasonography