Ulnar artery pseudoaneurysm

Case contributed by Morouj Shaggah
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

History of foreign body removal from the hand.

Patient Data

Age: 10 years
Gender: Female

Hand MRI

mri

A well-defined lesion noted in the hypothenar aspect of the hand, showing signal voids and pulsatile artifact with avid enhancement after IV contrast administration.

Hand ultrasound

ultrasound

Doppler ultrasound shows the yin-yang sign indicating bidirectional flow due to blood swirling within the aneurysm.

Case Discussion

These findings are characteristic of pseudoaneurysm mostly from the ulnar artery.

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