RADIAL ARTERY ANEURYSM IN A CASE OF NEUROFIBROMATOSIS

Authors
SINGH S RIAZ M WILMSHURST AD SMALL JO
Citation
S. Singh et al., RADIAL ARTERY ANEURYSM IN A CASE OF NEUROFIBROMATOSIS, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 51(7), 1998, pp. 564-565
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
British Journal of Plastic Surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071226
Volume
51
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
564 - 565
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1226(1998)51:7<564:RAAIAC>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Vasculopathy as part of the syndrome of neurofibromatosis is well reco gnised, although rarely identified clinically. A recent report describ es a case with rupture of an aneurysm of the superficial femoral arter y.(1) We present a case of radial artery aneurysm, a previously unrepo rted complication of neurofibromatosis affecting the upper limb.