True idiopathic saccular aneurysm of the radial artery.

J Surg Case Rep

King Fahad Central Hospital, Jazan, Saudi Arabia Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Published: June 2014

True aneurysms of hand arteries are rare. I present a case of a true saccular aneurysm of the distal radial artery in a 65-year-old woman with no history of trauma. The CT angiography, intraoperative features, operative procedure, histopathological examination and literature review are presented and discussed.

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