Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of temporo-maxillary trunk in a child: A case report

Post-traumatic pseudoaneurysm of branches of external carotid artery is very rare and is at high risk of engaging vital prognosis by a rupture, even more in child. So, it must be evoked in emergency in front of any beating mass after a local trauma. We report the case of a 14-year-old child with a pseudoaneurysm of the temporo-maxillary trunk that occurred after a local trauma. The diagnosis was based on clinical examination and angio-MRI. The treatment was hybrid. After an embolization of the arterial trunk we performed a surgical flattering of the pseudoaneurysm and suture of maxillary and temporal orifices.