False aneurysm of a proper digital artery caused by repetitive microtrauma in a 16-year-old baseball player

We report a case of false aneurysm of a proper digital artery of the thumb in a 16-year-old baseball player. Resection of the aneurysm and end-to-end anastomosis resulted in relief of the patient’s symptoms and recovery allowing a return to baseball activity. Repetitive microtrauma, which is an atyp...

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Published inArchives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery Vol. 129; no. 1; pp. 61 - 64
Main Authors Miyamoto, Wataru, Yamamoto, Souichirou, Inoue, Takahito, Uchio, Yuji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.01.2009
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adolescent
Aneurysm, False - etiology
Aneurysm, False - pathology
Aneurysm, False - surgery
Aneurysms
Baseball
Baseball - injuries
Cumulative Trauma Disorders - complications
Cumulative Trauma Disorders - surgery
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopedics
Thumb - blood supply
Baseball
Digital artery
Aneurysm
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Summary:We report a case of false aneurysm of a proper digital artery of the thumb in a 16-year-old baseball player. Resection of the aneurysm and end-to-end anastomosis resulted in relief of the patient’s symptoms and recovery allowing a return to baseball activity. Repetitive microtrauma, which is an atypical cause of a false aneurysm, to the ulnar aspect of the left thumb caused by swinging a bat led to formation of the false aneurysm. Although the occurrence of an aneurysm related to a sports activity is rare, surgeons should consider aneurysm as a possible diagnosis in a case with mass formation of the hand related to sports activity.
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ISSN:0936-8051
1434-3916
DOI:10.1007/s00402-007-0564-8