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Alonso N, de Oliveira Bastos E, Massenburg BB. Pseudoaneurysm of the internal maxillary artery: A case report of facial trauma and recurrent bleeding. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2016;21:63-6doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.02.022.
Alonso, N., de Oliveira Bastos, E., & Massenburg, B. B. (2016). Pseudoaneurysm of the internal maxillary artery: A case report of facial trauma and recurrent bleeding. International journal of surgery case reports, 2163-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.02.022
Alonso, Nivaldo, et al. "Pseudoaneurysm of the internal maxillary artery: A case report of facial trauma and recurrent bleeding." International journal of surgery case reports vol. 21 (2016): 63-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.02.022
Alonso N, de Oliveira Bastos E, Massenburg BB. Pseudoaneurysm of the internal maxillary artery: A case report of facial trauma and recurrent bleeding. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2016;21:63-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.02.022. Epub 2016 Feb 21. PMID: 26942333; PMCID: PMC4802292.
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Int J Surg Case Rep. 2016;21:63-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.02.022. Epub 2016 Feb 21.

Pseudoaneurysm of the internal maxillary artery: A case report of facial trauma and recurrent bleeding.

International journal of surgery case reports

Nivaldo Alonso, Endrigo de Oliveira Bastos, Benjamin B Massenburg

Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Craniofacial Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Craniofacial Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
  3. Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 26942333 PMCID: PMC4802292 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.02.022

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Pseudoaneurysms occur when there is a partial disruption in the wall of a blood vessel, causing a hematoma that is either contained by the vessel adventitia or the perivascular soft tissue.

PRESENTATION OF CASE: A 32-year-old male presented to the emergency department presented with comminuted fractures in the left zygoma, ethmoids, and the right ramus of the mandible following a gunshot wound. The patient underwent open reduction of his fractures and the patient was discharged on the eighth day after the trauma. Thirteen days after the discharge and 21 days after the gunshot wound, the patient returned to the ER due to heavy nasopharyngeal bleeding that compromised the patency of the patient's airways and caused hemodynamic instability. Arteriography of the facial blood vessels revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the maxillary artery. Endovascular embolization with a synthetic embolic agent resulted in adequate hemostasis, and nine days after embolization the patient was discharged.

DISCUSSION: The diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm is suggested by history and physical examination, and confirmed by one of several imaging methods, such as CT scan with contrast. Progressive enlargement of the lesion may lead to several complications, including rupture of the aneurysm and hemorrhage, compression of adjacent nerves, or release of embolic thrombi.

CONCLUSION: This case reports the long-term follow up and natural history of a patient with a post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the internal maxillary artery and the successful use of endovascular embolization to treat the lesion.

Copyright © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Endovascular embolization; Facial trauma; Gunshot; Internal maxillary artery; Pseudoaneurysm

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