title: True aneurysm of the facial artery.
abstract: True aneurysm of the facial artery is extremely rare. We describe a case of true facial aneurysm of the submandibular lesion in a 73-years-old man. A color Doppler ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) revealed a 2.1 cm x 1.5 cm aneurysm with turbulent arterial flow and some thrombus inside the lumen. At the operation, the aneurysm was excised and proximal and distal ends of the facial artery were ligated. The histopathologic examination confirmed a true aneurysm of the facial artery with degenerative changes of the wall and some thrombus in the lumen. The postoperative course was uneventful, and no recurrence has been noted in more than 1-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta-tsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan. hoshieri@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: Shigehiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Owaki
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color