International Journal of Thyroidology  2017;10(2):114-117

doi:10.11106/ijt.2017.10.2.114

A Case of Pseudoaneurysm of the Superior Thyroid Artery after Core Needle Biopsy.

Mi Sun CHUN 1 ; So Jeong LEE ; Han Su KIM ; Soo Yeon JUNG

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Keywords

Pseudoaneurysm; Core needle biopsy; Superior thyroid artery

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

A pseudoaneurysm is a collection of blood that locates between the two outer layers of an artery, the muscularis propria and the adventitia. It is resulted from disruption of a portion of the arterial wall. A pseudoaneurysm can be caused by trauma, blood vessel intervention, intravenous drug use, vasculitis, infectious aneurysm, and postoperative anastomotic leakage. The pseudoaneurysm of superior thyroid artery after core needle biopsy is rare. We report a case of pseudoaneurysm caused by thyroid core needle biopsy and treated by surgical treatment.