Endovascular treatment of a pseudoaneurysm of the descending palatine artery after orthognathic surgery: technical note

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2005 May;34(3):321-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2004.06.007.

Abstract

We report the clinical presentation (relapsing epistaxis after Le Fort I osteotomy), craniofacial digital subtraction angiography findings, and endovascular embolization through a microcatheter, in a 26-year-old patient with a pseudoaneurysm of the descending palatine artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / etiology*
  • Aneurysm, False / therapy*
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Angioplasty
  • Arteries
  • Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Epistaxis / etiology
  • Epistaxis / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Osteotomy, Le Fort / adverse effects*
  • Palate / blood supply