Hypothenar hammer syndrome: Gray-scale and color doppler sonographic appearances

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-100

  Genchellac, Hakan ^a   Demir, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Unlu, Ercüment ^a   Temizöz, Osman ^a   Özdemir, Hüseyin ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Color doppler imaging; Hypothenar hammer syndrome; Ulnar artery aneurysm; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHENAR HAMMER SYNDROME; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PARESTHESIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ULNAR ARTERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME; ULNAR ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 38349170140     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20364     Document Type: Article

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