Radial artery pseudoaneurysm caused by occult retained glass from a hand laceration.

William J Meurer

Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5303, USA. wmeurer@med.umich.edu

Pediatric emergency care 2009 Apr

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Retained soft tissue foreign bodies are an area of potentially serious complications. Glass presents unique problems; however, conventional radiography is usually sufficient for its identification. We present the case of a 15-year-old adolescent boy who had several imaging modalities, which failed to identify a large glass fragment. The patient subsequently developed a radial artery pseudoaneurysm, which required surgical repair. The existing evidence regarding the performance of clinical examination and various imaging modalities to identify foreign bodies is presented.

Citation

William J Meurer. Radial artery pseudoaneurysm caused by occult retained glass from a hand laceration. Pediatric emergency care. 2009 Apr;25(4):255-7