Fibromuscular proliferation in finger arteries after hand replantation: a case report

Microsurgery. 1996;17(10):551-4. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1996)17:10<551::AID-MICR4>3.0.CO;2-T.

Abstract

We report on a case where a digit of a previously replanted hand was amputated 3 years after injury. Histologically, the finger arteries demonstrated a marked intimal thickening due to fibromuscular proliferation, with narrowing of the lumen. The media showed muscular hyperplasia and fibrosis, whereas the adventitia was normal. These changes are probably a consequence of ischemia and reperfusion injury and might explain the persistent vasomotor insufficiency found in replantation patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Amputation, Traumatic / surgery*
  • Arteries / pathology
  • Cell Division
  • Fingers / blood supply*
  • Fingers / surgery
  • Hand Injuries / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microsurgery
  • Reperfusion Injury / pathology
  • Replantation*
  • Tunica Intima / pathology