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Usefulness of ultrasonography in diagnosis, percutaneous management and follow up of post‐traumatic scalp pseudoaneurysms
Author(s) -
Srinivasan Sivasubramanian,
Lohan Rahul,
Tan Hsien Khai,
Chung Raymond,
Babu Suresh B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22580
Subject(s) - medicine , scalp , percutaneous , radiology , pseudoaneurysm , etiology , surgery , lesion , ultrasonography , aneurysm
Pseudoaneurysms of the scalp are rare. Most common etiology is trauma. The patients usually present clinically with persistent painful swelling in the scalp few days after the trauma. The lesion may or may not be pulsatile clinically. Ultrasonography (US) is the best modality to assess these pseudoaneurysms. It not only helps in the diagnosis, but also to trace the offending arterial branch and helps in treatment. We present two cases of post‐traumatic scalp pseudoaneurysms which were diagnosed with US and were managed by US‐guided thrombin injection. Follow up US showed complete resolution. We highlight the importance of US scan in diagnosis, management, and follow up of scalp pseudoaneurysms.