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Endovascular treatment of internal carotid pseudoaneurysm in a child

This report is about a 6-year-old female patient who presented a painful cervical mass with characteristics of an infectious process, which was, in fact, an internal carotid pseudoaneurysm. The treatment consisted of the pseudoaneurysm occlusion with an endovascular detachable balloon and its consequent thrombosis, with excellent results.

Pseudoaneurysm; internal carotid artery; endovascular treatment


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