Successful use of ultrasound-guided compression for a princeps pollicis artery pseudoaneurysm: case report.

Hiro, Matthew E; Pappas-Politis, Effie; Mahmood, Umbar; Payne, Wyatt G · J Hand Surg Am · 2012

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 73-year-old man receiving heparin developed a large hematoma in the first web after a routine blood draw. Color Doppler ultrasound demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm of the princeps pollicis artery. Ultrasound-guided compression resulted in successful thrombosis of the pseudoaneurysm.

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