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Spontaneous occipital artery pseudoaneurysm treated by surgery: a case report and literature review

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Dr. Miho Kabuto for her assistance in surgery and Ms. Yuko Tsukamoto for her assistance in Elastica van Gieson and Masson’s trichrome staining.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Setatsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan

    Masahiro Yamada, Hiraku Kokubu, Kensuke Yoneta & Noriki Fujimoto

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Yamada, M., Kokubu, H., Yoneta, K. et al. Spontaneous occipital artery pseudoaneurysm treated by surgery: a case report and literature review. Eur J Dermatol 32, 646–648 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2022.4331

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