title: Post-traumatic facial artery aneurysm in a child.
abstract: Significant facial soft tissue injury can result from trauma to the head and neck. The long-term sequelae of such injuries include vascular anomalies, which may present weeks or months following the initial injury. We report here a case of a post-traumatic facial artery aneurysm which developed in a pediatric patient three weeks following a penetrating facial injury during motor vehicle accident (MVA). Although post-traumatic aneurysm of the facial artery is rare, follow-up on head and neck trauma patients with respect to this type of complication is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.
authors.forename: Craig L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Raanan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cohen-Kerem
authors.forename: Bo-Yee
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Ngan
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Forte
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome