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Table 2 Table of the individual cases on the exposure, symptom and findings, imaging shown in supplement file

From: Arterial abnormalities in the hands of workers with vibration white fingers – a magnetic resonance angiography case series

No

Age

Year/exp

Average exposure

SWS neurological

SWS vascular

Localized Raynaud

Allen’s test

Ultrasound stenosis

Ultrasound abnormalities

MRA stenosis

MRA abnormalities

1

65

20

High

1

1

No

Ulnar

Radial artery stenosis

Stenosis in ulnar part of arch

Only deep arch, Ulnar corkscrew appearance

2

63

40

Medium

1

2

No

Radial

 

Reduced flow in the radial artery

Inadequate qualitya

Inadequate qualitya Ulnar corkscrew appearance

3

60

43

Low

0

1

Digit 4–5

Ulnar

Ulnar artery occlusion

 

Ulnar artery occlusion radial artery stenosis

Only deep arch normal, with an abnormal variant of superficial arch that originates from the deep arch

4

59

30

Low

2

2

Digit 2–4

Ulnar

Ulnar artery stenosis, thin ulnar artery

Suspect flow by collaterals to arch

Ulnar artery stenosis

Only deep arch. Ulnar corkscrew appearance

5

49

22

Low

1

2

Digit 3–5

Ulnar

Only ulnar artery flow

Deep arch and abnormal superficial arch (duplicated)

6

42

14

Medium

0

3

Digit 2–3

Ulnar

Radial artery stenosis

 

Only deep arch and incomplete arch formation, Ulnar corkscrew appearance

7

35

12

Medium

1

2–3

No

Ulnar

Radial artery stenosis

 

Stenosis in ulnar part of arcus

Only superficial arch and stenosis or incomplete deep arch

8

32

14

Medium

1

2

No

Radial

 

Spastic vessel

Atypical anatomy

Only one arch with atypical anatomy-Persisten Median Artery

9

21

2

Medium

0

1

No

Radial

 

Only ulnar artery flow

Thin radial artery and suspected vasospastic segment rather than stenosis

Only deep arch

10

49

20

Medium

1

2

No

Radial

 

Only ulnar artery flow

Stenosis or spastic segment in ulnar part of the arch

Deep arch and incomplete superficial arch

  1. No: Participants, Year/exp.: Number of years of vibration exposure. Average exposure: Average yearly exposure Low (< 2.5 (m/s2)*year); Medium (2,5–4 (m/s2)*year) and High(> 4 (m/s2)*year). SWS Stockholm workshop scale. Localized Raynaud’s: If symptoms from Raynaud syndrome was localized at any part of the hands. Dig = which of the fingers 1–5 is affected. Allens: Radial = prolonged in radial supplied area. Ulnar = prolonged in ulnar supplied area. Ultrasound stenosis: suspected or visual stenosis on Doppler-Ultrasonography. Ultrasound abnormalities: anatomical abnormality or reduced blood flow without any suspected stenosis on Doppler-Ultrasonography. MRA Stenosis: suspected or visual stenosis on MRA. MRA abnormalities: anatomical abnormality or reduced blood flow without any suspected stenosis on MRA
  2. a Inadequate due to large hands