External auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report

Assessing the cause, severity of bleeding and strategies to control bleeding is crucial. We describe a rare case of a patient who was presented with epistaxis and left ear haemorrhage, as a probable complication of a ruptured internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm. The massive haemorrhage compelled...

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Autores principales: Angula, Laina Ndapewa, Sun, Le, Fang, Ning, Wang, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33425196
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.163.21968
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author Angula, Laina Ndapewa
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Wang, Xin
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description Assessing the cause, severity of bleeding and strategies to control bleeding is crucial. We describe a rare case of a patient who was presented with epistaxis and left ear haemorrhage, as a probable complication of a ruptured internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm. The massive haemorrhage compelled blood transfusion and clinical intervention. The diagnosis of internal carotid artery (ICA) pseudoaneurysm measuring 2.9 cm x 3.7 cm was concluded by computed tomography. Several coils were used to embolize the internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm and arrest the bleeding with the guidance of an angiography. Coiling the pseudoaneurysm is highly recommended. Yet, the best methods to completely treat aneurysm are still in question. After the clinical intervention, the patient remained symptom-free and no episodes of bleeding were noted.
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spelling pubmed-77572322021-01-07 External auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report Angula, Laina Ndapewa Sun, Le Fang, Ning Wang, Xin Pan Afr Med J Case Report Assessing the cause, severity of bleeding and strategies to control bleeding is crucial. We describe a rare case of a patient who was presented with epistaxis and left ear haemorrhage, as a probable complication of a ruptured internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm. The massive haemorrhage compelled blood transfusion and clinical intervention. The diagnosis of internal carotid artery (ICA) pseudoaneurysm measuring 2.9 cm x 3.7 cm was concluded by computed tomography. Several coils were used to embolize the internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm and arrest the bleeding with the guidance of an angiography. Coiling the pseudoaneurysm is highly recommended. Yet, the best methods to completely treat aneurysm are still in question. After the clinical intervention, the patient remained symptom-free and no episodes of bleeding were noted. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7757232/ /pubmed/33425196 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.163.21968 Text en Copyright: Laina Ndapewa Angula et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sun, Le
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Wang, Xin
External auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report
title External auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report
title_full External auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report
title_fullStr External auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report
title_full_unstemmed External auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report
title_short External auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report
title_sort external auditory canal haemorrhage as the first sign of internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm, a rare case: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33425196
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.37.163.21968
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