title: Occipital artery pseudoaneurysm: a rare scalp swelling.
abstract: Traumatic pseudoaneurysm occurring in face and temple is commonly reported to occur in superficial temporal artery, and so far only four cases have reported involvement of the occipital artery. We report a case of 25-year-old male patient presented to us with a pulsatile swelling in the occipital region following a trauma at the same site 5 years ago. A CT angiogram revealed the pseudoaneurysm of the left occipital artery and was surgically excised after ligation of proximal and distal parts along the course of the occipital artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, India.
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagpal
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, India.
authors.forename: Gopal Swaroop
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sri Guru Ramdas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Amritsar, India.
authors.forename: Bhupinder
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Extracranial pseudoaneurysm; Occipital artery; Traumatic pseudoaneurysm