VIBRATION WHITE FINGER SYNDROME IN 8 TURB INE GRINDERS

Patients: Eight patients with vibration white finger syndrome (VWF) we re seen in our angiological outpatient department. They were all turbi ne grinders working in the same large factory. One patient presented w ith a pronounced Raynaud's phenomenon only, while all the others addit ionally complained of numbness, weakness and pain affecting both hands . Findings: We requested an intra-arterial DSA of the right hand of al l patients, which in some patients revealed, in addition to severe vas ospasm, also blood vessel breaks. The patient who apparently was expos ed to vibration the longest also had aneurysms affecting the capillari es of all fingers.