Palpable Mass on the Head after Minor Trauma

Temporal artery is superficially exhibited and easily traumatized. Rarely, a minor and blunt trauma, especially in elderly who are under anticoagulants, can cause a pseudoaneurysm. Diagnosis should be based, primarily, on history and physical examination and secondarily on duplex ultrasound scanning...

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Main Authors: K. M. Nikolakopoulos, C. P. Papageorgopoulou, I. G. Ntouvas, S. Kakkos, I. Tsolakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1340589