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Hypothenar hammer syndrome: gray-scale and color Doppler sonographic appearances.

Genchellac H, Demir MK, Unlu E, Temizöz O, Ozdemir H

Department of Radiology, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, 11 Kisim, Yasemin Apartment, D Block, Daire 35 Ataköy, Istanbul 34158, Turkey.

We report a case of hypothenar hammer syndrome following a single severe blunt trauma in a 24-year-old man with a painful pulsatile mass, numbness in the fourth and fifth fingers, and intolerance to cold. The gray-scale and color Doppler sonographic findings are presented with correlation with MRI.

Published 8 January 2008 in J Clin Ultrasound, 36(2): 98-100.
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