Traumatic Internal Maxillary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Caused by Fracture of the Mandible Ramus: A Case Report.
- Author:
Chang Dok HAN
1
;
Young Hyo KIM
;
Kyu Sung KIM
;
Hoseok CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea. hschoi88@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Aneurysm;
False;
Maxillary artery;
Mandible fractures
- MeSH:
Adhesives;
Aneurysm;
Aneurysm, False;
Angiography;
Emergencies;
Head;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Male;
Mandible;
Maxillary Artery;
Neck;
Rupture
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology
2012;25(1):32-35
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
