Man with a Forehead Mass: Detection of a Forehead Pseudoaneurysm with Bedside Ultrasonography

A vascular pseudoaneurysm can present similarly to an abscess; yet incision and drainage of a pseudoaneurysm can lead to uncontrolled bleeding and expose the patient to further morbidity. This is a case of a patient with a forehead pseudoaneurysm who presented to our emergency room after blunt head...

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Autores principales: Abdi, Amin, Armijo, Erick, Seif, Dina, Kang, Tarina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4131510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25152818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/647175
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description A vascular pseudoaneurysm can present similarly to an abscess; yet incision and drainage of a pseudoaneurysm can lead to uncontrolled bleeding and expose the patient to further morbidity. This is a case of a patient with a forehead pseudoaneurysm who presented to our emergency room after blunt head trauma. Here we review different diagnostic modalities as well as some of the treatment options that are described in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-41315102014-08-24 Man with a Forehead Mass: Detection of a Forehead Pseudoaneurysm with Bedside Ultrasonography Abdi, Amin Armijo, Erick Seif, Dina Kang, Tarina Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report A vascular pseudoaneurysm can present similarly to an abscess; yet incision and drainage of a pseudoaneurysm can lead to uncontrolled bleeding and expose the patient to further morbidity. This is a case of a patient with a forehead pseudoaneurysm who presented to our emergency room after blunt head trauma. Here we review different diagnostic modalities as well as some of the treatment options that are described in the literature. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4131510/ /pubmed/25152818 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/647175 Text en Copyright © 2014 Amin Abdi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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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