January 2014

Patient with an abnormal arterial wall in this case the radial artery

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Clinical information

Dicrete swelling over the radial artery.

Ultrasound Images & Clips

Another case of a patient with an abnormal arterial wall

Transverse image of the abnormal arterial wall

Another transverse image of the same radial artery

Transverse image with flow The lumen of the aretery is normal. There is no flow is the cystic structures in the eall

Longitudial image

Longitudinal view of the artery

Longitusinal image with flow

video

Ofcourse we also compared with the normal side. This is the transverse view

this the normal side transverse with flow

This is the normal side with

And this is the normal side with flow. When we asked the patient he admitted that he had sustained a trauma to the wrist some time ago. We concluded that perhaps the changes were post traumatic

MRI

This the longitudinal image of the same abnormal artery. The abnormalities are gone

normal transvere image with flow

Longitudinal image with flow

Conclusion

The abnormalities in the arterial wall of the radial atery are not caused by adventitial cysts but by post-traumatic changes.

Details

Sex: Male
Age: 42

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Author

Dr. Taco Geertsma

Retired Radiologist, Gelderse Vallei Hospital

Dr. Taco Geertsma is the founder of UltrasoundCases.info and a retired radiologist and has worked in the Gelderse Vallei hospital from January 1, 1983. till July 1, 2014. He was the head of the ultrasound department for many years.

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