Radial Artery Compression with Threatened Transection: Catfish Injury in a Pediatric Patient.
Marine animal injuries are rare causes of emergency room visits and vascular injuries worldwide. Penetrating injuries from marine animals risk damage to vasculature, and physicians must be alert to such possibilities. We report a 7-year-old boy with penetrating trauma and retained foreign body in the forearm from a catfish injury. Initial imaging suggested transection of the radial artery, but on exposure in a controlled setting the foreign body was found to compress the artery without any vascular injury. No vascular repair was needed after foreign body removal.
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. Electronic address: lkreiche@utmb.edu.
Lara
L
Reichert
Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
Jennifer
J
Worsham
Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
Grant
G
Fankhauser
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002397:Catfishes; D002648:Child; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents