Palpable Mass on the Head after Minor Trauma
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...
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| author | K. M. Nikolakopoulos C. P. Papageorgopoulou I. G. Ntouvas S. Kakkos I. Tsolakis |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e61d75004773418aaeff60a840cb35092025-08-20T02:21:02ZengWileyCase Reports in Vascular Medicine2090-69862090-69942016-01-01201610.1155/2016/13405891340589Palpable Mass on the Head after Minor TraumaK. M. Nikolakopoulos0C. P. Papageorgopoulou1I. G. Ntouvas2S. Kakkos3I. Tsolakis4Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, GreeceDepartment of Vascular Surgery, University of Patras, Patras, GreeceTemporal 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1340589 |
| spellingShingle | K. M. Nikolakopoulos C. P. Papageorgopoulou I. G. Ntouvas S. Kakkos I. Tsolakis Palpable Mass on the Head after Minor Trauma Case Reports in Vascular Medicine |
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| title_full | Palpable Mass on the Head after Minor Trauma |
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