[A woman with a painful shoulder and cold hand].
A 65-year-old woman presented with a left-sided humeral fracture and a cold hand, caused by a dissection of her axillar artery. She was treated conservatively and perfusion recovered spontaneously.
van Embden
Daphne
D
Medisch Centrum Haaglanden, afd. Chirurgie, Den Haag, the Netherlands. daphnevanembden@hotmail.com
Rhemrev
Steven J
SJ
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*