Traumatic Distal Ulnar Artery Thrombosis

• Published in: Case reports in orthopedics Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 2
• Main Authors: Aycan, Hakan, Karcı, Tolga, Mayda, Aslan, Karakaşlı, Ahmet, Karaarslan, Ahmet, Kobak, Şenol
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2014; Hindawi Limited
• Subjects: Case Report
• ISSN: 2090-6749; 2090-6757
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/983160

This paper is about a posttraumatic distal ulnar artery thrombosis case that has occurred after a single blunt trauma. The ulnar artery thrombosis because of chronic trauma is a frequent condition (hypothenar hammer syndrome) but an ulnar artery thrombosis because of a single direct blunt trauma is rare. Our patient who has been affected by a single blunt trauma to his hand and developed ulnar artery thrombosis has been treated by resection of the thrombosed ulnar artery segment. This report shows that a single blunt trauma can cause distal ulnar artery thrombosis in the hand and it can be treated merely by thrombosed segment resection in suitable cases.