title: Successful use of ultrasound-guided compression for a princeps pollicis artery pseudoaneurysm: case report.
abstract: A 73-year-old man receiving heparin developed a large hematoma in the first web after a routine blood draw. Color Doppler ultrasound demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the princeps pollicis artery. Ultrasound-guided compression resulted in successful thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Tissue Regeneration, Repair, and Rehabilitation, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, FL 33744, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hiro
authors.forename: Effie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pappas-Politis
authors.forename: Umbar
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Wyatt G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061185:Mechanical Thrombolysis / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color