Radial artery aneurysm resulting from repetitive occupational injury: Tailor's thumb.
BACKGROUND
True radial artery aneurysms are very rare and a cause is rarely identified.


METHODS
An unusual case of a true radial artery aneurysm in a tailor of fifty years; presenting with a growing, tender lump at the base of his thumb.


CONCLUSIONS
Radial artery aneurysms are classically pseudoaneurysms from iatrogenic traumatic injury - arterial cannulation. This is the first case in the literature to demonstrate a true aneurysm secondary to repetitive occupational injury.
Behar
J M
JM
Department of Vascular Surgery, North Middlesex University Hospital, UK.
Winston
J S
JS
Knowles
J
J
Myint
F
F
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013933:Thumb / Q000098:blood supply*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures