Traumatic giant aneurysm of the external carotid artery

Because the main trunks of the external carotid artery and maxillar artery are well protected from blunt trauma and superficial penetrating wounds through their course, traumatic aneurysms on these arteries are extremely rare. A 75-year-old woman had struck her occipital region against a door but th...

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Published inSurgical neurology Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 487 - 490
Main Authors Matsumura, Masaru, Kakegawa, Tohru, Shibasaki, Tohru
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.1987
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Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm - etiology
Aneurysm - surgery
Carotid Artery Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery Diseases - etiology
Carotid Artery Diseases - surgery
Carotid Artery Injuries
Carotid Artery, External - diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery, External - surgery
Carotid mass
Craniocerebral Trauma - complications
External carotid artery
Female
Humans
Radiography
Traumatic aneurysm
Traumatic aneurysm
Carotid mass
External carotid artery
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Summary:Because the main trunks of the external carotid artery and maxillar artery are well protected from blunt trauma and superficial penetrating wounds through their course, traumatic aneurysms on these arteries are extremely rare. A 75-year-old woman had struck her occipital region against a door but there was no trauma to the mandibuloauricular region. After 1 month, she noticed a pulsatile mass below her right auricle. At operation an aneurysm was found to be located just distal to the origin of the maxillar artery.
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ISSN:0090-3019
1879-3339
DOI:10.1016/0090-3019(87)90259-X