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Angiography · Upper limb · open case 021

Radiology · Upper limb

Angiography of right upper extremity showing high-grade stenosis in the distal radial artery with multiple tiny filling defects. The common and proper palmar digital arteries are heavily diseased with multiple occlusions. The princeps pollicis artery is occluded with reconstitution of the first digital artery from collaterals. Remaining digital arteries are heavily diseased with multiple occlusions. The heavily diseased third digital arteries supply the partially amputated third digit.
Angiography of right upper extremity showing high-grade stenosis in the distal radial artery with multiple tiny filling defects. The common and proper palmar digital arteries are…

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Category
Upper limb
Difficulty
advanced
Type
Radiological image
Mode
Angiography

Origin: MultiCaRe · figure from open-access article PMC4404841 · License CC BY

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