title: Delayed presentation and management of a common carotid pseudoaneurysm following penetrating trauma with a retrograde open carotid stent graft.
abstract: Traumatic injuries of the head and neck present a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic challenge when identified in a delayed manner. Pseudoaneurysm formation has been reported in the literature typically with regard to blunt mechanisms; however, a delayed presentation following penetrating injury is a rare finding, much less described. In this case report, we describe a pseudoaneurysm of the common carotid artery as a result of penetrating trauma to the thorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Saginaw, MI. Electronic address: stephen.serio@cmich.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serio
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Saginaw, MI.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beeman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*