Spontaneous parapharyngeal haematoma caused by a leaking vertebral artery pseudoaneurysm

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-254

  Badran, Khaled ^a   Mani, Navin ^a   Axon, Patrick ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parapharyngeal haematoma; Pseudoaneurysm; Quinsy; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEMATOMA; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 38749086889     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0421-y     Document Type: Article

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