%0 Journal Article
%T Identity of growing pulsatile mass lesion of the scalp after blunt head injury: Case reports and literature review
%A Hiroaki Matsumoto
%A Ikuya Yamaura
%A Yasuhisa Yoshida
%J Archive of "Trauma Case Reports".
%D 2018
%R 10.1016/j.tcr.2018.09.010
%X A growing pulsatile lump of the scalp rarely occurs after blunt head injury. In this condition, the lump may be a delayed-onset traumatic vascular scalp injury such as a pseudoaneurysm or an arteriovenous fistula (AVF). We describe two cases of delayed-onset traumatic vascular scalp injuries: one involved a pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery, and the other, an AVF fed by the occipital artery. We reviewed reported cases of delayed-onset traumatic vascular scalp injury and discuss the features, diagnosis and treatment. When a growing lump of the scalp is encountered, ultrasonography may be useful in searching for vascular injuries
%K Arteriovenous fistula
%K Blunt head injury
%K Occipital artery
%K Pseudoaneurysm
%K Superficial temporal artery
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6178142/