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False Aneurysm of a Digital Artery in a Softball Catcher Evaluated by Sonography: a Case Report

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Journal J Trauma
Specialty Emergency Medicine
Date 1996 Jul 1
PMID 8676412
Citations 2
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Abstract

A rare injury, a traumatic false aneurysm of ulnar proper digital artery of the left thumb in a softball catcher, is described. Noninvasive ultrasonographic evaluation led to an accurate diagnosis of the aneurysm, which was caused by blunt trauma by a softball.

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