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Rapid Communication| Volume 22, ISSUE 2, P311-314, March 1997

Aneurysms of the digital arteries: A case report and literature review

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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Radiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
    M. Kamel Abouzahr
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Radiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Radiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
    Lisa M. Coppa
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Radiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
    Lawrence M. Boxt
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    1 From the Division of Plastic Surgery and Department of Radiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0363-5023(97)80169-4
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      Aneurysms of the digital vessels are rare. An aneurysm of the radial digital artery of the index finger in a child is reported to illustrate the clinical presentation and value of magnetic resonance arteriography in diagnosis. Literature review reveals that only 18 cases have been reported. These cases are analyzed in terms of digit involvement, vessel affected, mechanism of injury, and treatment.
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      Publication history

      Accepted: August 22, 1996
      Received: November 15, 1995

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      *No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commerical party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0363-5023(97)80169-4

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      © 1997 The American Society for Surgery of the Hand. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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