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Computed Tomography Angiography for Detection of Middle Meningeal Artery Lesions Associated with Acute Epidural Hematomas
Joint Authors
Paiva, Wellingson Silva
Teixeira, Manoel Jacobsen
Caldas, Jose Guilherme
Andrade, Almir Ferreira de
Amorim, Robson Luis Oliveira De
Bor-Seng-Shu, Edson
Neville, Iuri Santana
Gattas, Gabriel
Figueiredo, Eberval Gadelha
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
The natural history of traumatic aneurysms of the middle meningeal artery (MMA) is not well known, but patients with these lesions are more likely to have delayed bleeds.
In this paper, we described a series of patients with epidural hematoma who underwent angiotomography (CTA) for MMA vascular lesion diagnosis.
Methods.
Eleven patients admitted to our emergency unit with small acute epidural hematoma were prospectively studied.
All patients with temporal acute epidural hematomas underwent CTA and cerebral angiogram at our institution for diagnosis of posttraumatic lesions of middle meningeal artery.
The findings of angiotomography and digital angiography were reviewed by radiologist and angiographers, respectively, to ensure that the lesions were readily diagnosed without knowing the results of angiotomography and to compare CTA findings with standard angiogram.
Results.
The causes of head injury were traffic accidents, falls, and aggression.
Three of these patients presented traumatic MMA pseudoaneurysm.
CT angiography was able to diagnose all of them, with dimensions ranging from 1.5 to 2.8 mm.
Conventional angiography confirmed the findings of CT angiography, and the lesions presented with similar dimensions at both methods.
Conclusions.
We believe that angiotomography can be a useful technique for diagnosis of vascular lesion associated with small epidural hematoma.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Paiva, Wellingson Silva& Andrade, Almir Ferreira de& Amorim, Robson Luis Oliveira De& Bor-Seng-Shu, Edson& Gattas, Gabriel& Neville, Iuri Santana…[et al.]. 2014. Computed Tomography Angiography for Detection of Middle Meningeal Artery Lesions Associated with Acute Epidural Hematomas. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470221
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Paiva, Wellingson Silva…[et al.]. Computed Tomography Angiography for Detection of Middle Meningeal Artery Lesions Associated with Acute Epidural Hematomas. BioMed Research International No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470221
American Medical Association (AMA)
Paiva, Wellingson Silva& Andrade, Almir Ferreira de& Amorim, Robson Luis Oliveira De& Bor-Seng-Shu, Edson& Gattas, Gabriel& Neville, Iuri Santana…[et al.]. Computed Tomography Angiography for Detection of Middle Meningeal Artery Lesions Associated with Acute Epidural Hematomas. BioMed Research International. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470221
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-470221