title: Hypothenar hammer syndrome in a computer programmer: CTA diagnosis and surgical and endovascular treatment.
abstract: Finger ischemia due to embolic occlusion of digital arteries resulting from trauma to the palmar ulnar artery has been termed hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS). In HHS, arterial thrombosis and/or aneurysm formation with embolization to the digital arteries causes symptoms of ischemia. We describe a patient in whom the initial diagnosis was made on multidetector computed tomographic angiography (CTA), as well as his endovascular and surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, El Minya University, El Minya, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ehab A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Abdel-Gawad
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bonatti
authors.forename: Ahmed M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Housseini
authors.forename: Ismaeel M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Maged
authors.forename: Raymond F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Klaus D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hagspiel
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging