Palpable Mass on the Head after Minor Trauma.
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Author(s)
Nikolakopoulos, KM
Papageorgopoulou, CP
Ntouvas, IG
Kakkos, S
Tsolakis, I
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Temporal artery is superficially exhibited and easily traumatized. Rarely, a minor and blunt trauma, especially in elderly who are under anticoagulants, can cause a pseudoaneurysm. Diagnosis should be based, primarily, on history and physical examination and secondarily on duplex ultrasound scanning which will lead to confirmation and preoperative planning. The therapeutical plan consists of surgical ligation and excision of the aneurysm. Surgery can be performed under local anesthesia with no postoperative major or minor complications. Endovascular approach consists of catheter embolization and remains a second option due to the risk of complications and the inconclusive results. On this review, authors present a case of an 80-year-old male with a pseudoaneurysm of superficial temporal artery.
Date Issued
2016-10-30
Date Acceptance
2016-10-30
Citation
Case Reports in Vascular Medicine, 2016, 2016, pp.=-=
ISSN
2090-6986
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Journal / Book Title
Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Volume
2016
Copyright Statement
Copyright © 2016 K. M. Nikolakopoulos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Published
Article Number
1340589
Date Publish Online
2016-10-30