CASE 865: PSEUDOANEUVRYSM of FACIAL ARTERY, Dr PHAN THANH HAI, Dr LE THANH LIEM, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTR, HCMC, VIETNAM

A 55 year-old man with his left swollen face and covered in bruise post trauma for one week.

Ultrasound detected edema and hematoma of facial soft tissue with dimension #42x27x22mm. Then Doppler ultrasound revealed aliasing sign of the left facial artery which was in high velocity Vmax # 165 cm/sec, and having to and pro flow pattern.

MSCT confirmed the # 30x14cm left facial arterial  pseudoaneuvrysm, lumen:14.4mm with its wall thickening #15 mm.

Stenting the left facial artery to solve its pseudoaneuvrysm.

Ultrasound with Doppler technic in first line may detect the vascular damage in case of trauma of the soft tissue.