Radial artery injury by a cat fish (Pangasius sutchi) spine sting.
Peripheral vascular injuries result from penetrating or blunt trauma to the extremities. We describe here an unusual cause of a radial artery injury by the spine from the pectoral fin of Pangasius sutchi in a 51 year-old man and we review the literature.
Unit Academic of Emergency Medicine and Trauma, University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. shidee_ahmad@yahoo.com
Rashidi
R
Ahmad
Ida Zarina
IZ
Zaini
Nik Arif Nik
NA
Mohamed
M S
MS
Roslanuddin
D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002397:Catfishes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*