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Magnetic resonance angiography follow-up examinations to detect iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms following otorhinolaryngological surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2007

B Buerke
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany
B Tombach
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany
W Stoll
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Muenster, Germany.
W Heindel
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany
T Niederstadt
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany
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Abstract

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Endoscopic endonasal surgery on a 36-year-old man was complicated by perforation of the right internal carotid artery. The immediate, substantial haemorrhage was controlled by packing the sphenoid sinus. Intra-arterial angiography of the right internal carotid artery showed small irregularities proximal to the ophthalmic artery. A follow-up examination two weeks later documented a large pseudoaneurysm in the initially irregular arterial segment, which was successfully treated by endovascular coiling.

This case report illustrates the need for angiographic follow-up examinations following traumatic intracranial vessel injury in order to identify late pseudoaneurysm development.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
2007 JLO (1984) Limited