Post-tonsillectomy pseudoaneurysm of the linguofacial trunk: An ENT surgeon's nightmare
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EXTRA, cilt.7, sa.1, ss.12-14, 2012 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 7 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.pedex.2011.07.006
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY EXTRA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.12-14
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Post-tonsillectomy Hemorrhage, Pseudoaneurysm, Linguofacial trunk, Angiography
- Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
We present the case of a 3.5-year-old girl who experienced 4 episodes of severe, life-threatening, delayed post-tonsillectomy bleedings. The bleedings were caused by a pseudoaneurysm of the right linguofacial trunk. All 4 episodes had a common clinical presentation with profuse life-threatening bleedings followed by spontaneous cessations. The pseudoaneurysm was diagnosed on thirteenth postoperative day by angiography and treated successfully by endovascular coil placement. There are only a few cases reported in the literature. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.