Cheynet F, Gere E, Chossegros C, Tagliana P, Lemaire P, Blanc J L
Clinique de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et de Stomatologie, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille.
Rev Stomatol Chir Maxillofac. 1992;93(1):6-12.
The authors report 3 cases of trauma induced false aneurysm (internal maxillary, external carotid and internal subpetrous carotid arteries) associated to closed mandibular fractures. These rare vascular complications of ill-defined pathogeny are often due to high speed facial impact. Clinical presentation is polymorphous (pseudo-parotidis, neurological deficit) and arteriography is the main step of the paraclinic investigation. The treatment essentially depend upon both the location and the evolutivity of the false aneurysm.
