[Diagnostic image (199). A woman with palmar pustulae].
A 83-year-old woman developed several small abscesses in the palm of her left hand, caused by a scattering, infected false aneurysm of the radial artery where a catheter had been inserted.
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Deventer Ziekenhuis, afd. Heelkunde, Fesevurstraat 7, 7415 CM Deventer. r.j.renger@chir.azu.nl
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000293:injuries