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- Traumatic Internal Maxillary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Caused by Fracture of the Mandible Ramus: A Case Report
- Chang Dok Han, Young Hyo Kim, Kyu Sung Kim, Hoseok Choi
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J Korean Soc Traumatol 2012;25(1):32-35
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Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. hschoi88@gmail.com
Received: 19 February 2012 • Revised: 5 March 2012 • Accepted: 12 March 2012
Abstract
Traumatic pseudoaneurysms in the head and neck region are very rare. Particularyly, pseudoaneurysms of the internal maxillary artery are known to be very rare. The authors report a 20-year old male who was diagnosed as having a pseudoaneurysm of the internal maxillary artery. The cause was assumed to be a mandible ramus fracture. When he visited our emergency room, we did not consider a pseudoaneurysm because of his other life-threatening conditions. Fortunately, he re-visited our hosipital before the aneurysm ruptured. He was diagnosed with angiography and was treated by using embolization with glue. The rupture of the pseudoaneurysm could have caused a life-threatening hemorrhage.
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