title: Common carotid artery pseudoaneurysm formation following foreign body ingestion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report an unusual case of pseudoaneurysm formation following ingestion of a thin wire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report, including management, and review of the world literature concerning pseudoaneurysm and its management.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 15-year-old boy presented as an emergency with a two-week history of painful swallowing, and a one-week history of a progressively enlarging, right-sided swelling of the lower neck. A foreign body had been ingested two weeks previously. Radiological investigation showed a pseudoaneurysm of the right common carotid artery. The neck was explored, the foreign body removed and the common carotid artery repaired. The patient was discharged on the 10th post-operative day without neurovascular complication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is an unusual presentation of pseudoaneurysm of the common carotid artery following accidental ingestion of a foreign body, reported for its rarity and management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, B P Koirala Institute of Health Science, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: Rupesh Raj
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nepal
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Rauniyar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male