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Percutaneous thrombin embolization of a post-traumatic superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm

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Pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery is rare in children and is frequently a result of direct facial trauma. Conventional management has included surgical ligation and resection and more recently endovascular embolization to prevent complications including local pain, headache, facial disfigurement and bleeding. We report a unique case of a US-guided percutaneous thrombin injection for the treatment of a post-traumatic superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm in a child.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest or funding for this report. Thrombostat, although widely used in the adult setting for the treatment of common femoral artery pseudoaneurysms, is not licensed for treatment of a pediatric STA pseudoaneurysm and as such was used in one off-license clinical application.

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  1. Department of Radiology, BC Children’s Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, V6H 3V4, British Columbia, Canada

    Gurdeep Singh Mann & Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran

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Mann, G.S., Heran, M.K.S. Percutaneous thrombin embolization of a post-traumatic superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm. Pediatr Radiol 37, 578–580 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-007-0447-8

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