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A mass located at the snuffbox area of the left hand.
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Upon physical examination, we noticed an irregular dark grey focally congested membranous fragment associated with a separate rubbery to firm beige tissue fragment (Figure 1).
Computed Tomography Angiography shows the 15 x 9 x 11 mm distal radial artery aneurysm (yellow circles and arrows) in sagittal (a), coronal (b), and transverse (c) sections.
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Tomography Angiography (CTA) with IV contrast showed a 15 x 9 x 11 mm aneurysm of the distal radial artery as it forms the dorsal arch (Figure 2).
Exploration of the aneurysm with the radial artery controlled with vessel loops proximally and distally.
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The aneurysm was dissected from the surrounding neurologic structures, and the artery was clamped (Figure 3).