DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2023.v11i05.067

Pages: 1025-1028

Digital artery pseudoaneurysms are rare lesions that usually result from a blunt or penetrating injury. The thrombus that can develop within the pseudoaneurysm can be a potential source for embolisation, putting the distal tissue at risk for ischemia/necrosis. So it is important to identify these lesions at the earliest and repair surgically. Here we present a case of 39 year old male, who presented to our hospital with a pulsatile, painful swelling on left palm. There was no history of any trauma in this case, but the ulnar vessel was in close proximity to the hook of hamate bone (carpal bone), which was found to be the precipitating factor. It was diagnosed as a case of pseudoaneurysm of distal ulnar artery and segmental resection was done with end to end anastomosis of ulnar artery. Post anastomotic vascularity of the digits was reassured.