Radial artery pseudoaneurysm following wrist trauma. A case report of a rare condition

Michele Dell'Orfano; Francesco Maria Milella; Piero Braidotti

doi:10.1016/j.tcr.2023.100783

Radial artery pseudoaneurysm following wrist trauma. A case report of a rare condition

Trauma Case Rep. 2023 Feb 6:44:100783. doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2023.100783. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Authors

Michele Dell'Orfano¹, Francesco Maria Milella², Piero Braidotti¹

Affiliations

¹ Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I - Emergency Department, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Division, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00185 Rome, Italy.
² Orthopaedics and Traumatology Division - Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedics Sciences, University "La Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.

Abstract

In the presence of limb trauma, the appearance of local edema should always be carefully examined by Orthopaedics surgeons. A post-traumatic wrist swelling without fracture could even lead to serious pathologies and relative sequelaes. These include the radial artery pseudoaneurysm. In this report we present a case of radial artery pseudoaneurysm following wrist trauma, successfully treated whit conservative treatment.

Keywords: Hand; Pseudoaneurysm; Radial artery; Scaphoid fracture; Trauma.

Publication types

Case Reports