Endovascular treatment of a pseudoaneurysm of the descending palatine artery after orthognathic surgery: technical note.
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.
Fernández-Prieto
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Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Section, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain. fergood@inicia.es
García-Raya
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Burgueño
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Muñoz-Caro
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Frutos
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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