Endovascular Treatment of a Giant Aneurysm of the Maxillary Artery

J. A. Stephenson; S. Panteleimonitis; E. Choke; M. Dennis; M. Glasby

doi:10.1155/2011/818241

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine (Jan 2011)

Endovascular Treatment of a Giant Aneurysm of the Maxillary Artery

J. A. Stephenson,
S. Panteleimonitis,
E. Choke,
M. Dennis,
M. Glasby

Affiliations

J. A. Stephenson: Department of Vascular Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
S. Panteleimonitis: Department of Vascular Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
E. Choke: Department of Vascular Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
M. Dennis: Department of Vascular Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
M. Glasby: Department of Vascular Surgery and Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/818241
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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Aneurysms of the maxillary artery are rare and the majority of the literature refers to false aneurysms. We report the first case of what we believe to be a spontaneous true maxillary artery aneurysm and its endovascular management.

Published in Case Reports in Vascular Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6986 (Print); 2090-6994 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1539

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