title: Endovascular treatment of a pseudoaneurysm of the descending palatine artery after orthognathic surgery: technical note.
abstract: We report the clinical presentation (relapsing epistaxis after Le Fort I osteotomy), craniofacial digital subtraction angiography findings, and endovascular embolization through a microcatheter, in a 26-year-old patient with a pseudoaneurysm of the descending palatine artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain. fergood@inicia.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández-Prieto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García-Raya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burgueño
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muñoz-Caro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frutos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D017130:Angioplasty; D001158:Arteries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010159:Palate / Q000098:blood supply