Hypothenar hammer syndrome

Introduction

In 1934 von Rosen first described a posttraumatic thrombosis of the distal ulnar artery resulting from blunt a trauma to the hypothenar region. But it was Conn in 1970 who named it the “hypothenar hammer syndrome (HHS)” [1–2].

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