title: Left maxillary artery pseudoaneurysm: a rare and late postoperative complication after head and neck cancer treatment.
abstract: We report a case of a 50-year-old man presented with pulsatile swelling in the left side of the face since 2 months and a continuous sinus discharge since 3 days. Three years earlier, he was operated for squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the left lower alveolus and underwent surgical excision with myocutaneous flap reconstruction, followed by chemoradiotherapy. CT angiogram of the expansile swelling revealed pseudoaneurysm of third part of the left maxillary artery and treated by surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.forename: Ravikiran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naalla
authors.forename: Vasudev Baburaya
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: Ramakrishna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Narayanan
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000628:therapy*; D059186:Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008438:Maxillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D064827:Myocutaneous Flap; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000077195:Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed