True occipital artery aneurysm: A surgical case report and literature review

True occipital artery aneurysms are exceptionally rare. To our knowledge only five reports of true occipital artery aneurysm have been previously described.(1–5) We present a rare case of a 70-year-old gentleman with a true occipital artery aneurysm associated with alopecia areata. This case report...

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Autores principales: Lafford, George, Sharp, Olivia, Rosich-Medina, Anais
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Reports and Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7329905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32637530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2020.05.005
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description True occipital artery aneurysms are exceptionally rare. To our knowledge only five reports of true occipital artery aneurysm have been previously described.(1–5) We present a rare case of a 70-year-old gentleman with a true occipital artery aneurysm associated with alopecia areata. This case report adds to the current lack of literature on true occipital artery aneurysms and summarises their presentation, investigation and management.
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spelling pubmed-73299052020-07-06 True occipital artery aneurysm: A surgical case report and literature review Lafford, George Sharp, Olivia Rosich-Medina, Anais JPRAS Open Case Reports and Short Communication True occipital artery aneurysms are exceptionally rare. To our knowledge only five reports of true occipital artery aneurysm have been previously described.(1–5) We present a rare case of a 70-year-old gentleman with a true occipital artery aneurysm associated with alopecia areata. This case report adds to the current lack of literature on true occipital artery aneurysms and summarises their presentation, investigation and management. Elsevier 2020-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7329905/ /pubmed/32637530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2020.05.005 Text en Crown Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7329905/
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