Inferior Thyroid Artery Pseudoaneurysm Caused By Blunt Trauma

Abstract

Injury to the inferior thyroid artery (ITA) is an extremely rare complication of blunt neck trauma. The subtle initial clinical presentation and the potential life-threatening sequelae make it a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a case of an ITA pseudoaneurysm caused by seat-belt injury. Imaging findings and successful treatment with coil embolization are described. The role of noninvasive imaging techniques in establishing the diagnosis is emphasized.

The anatomical relationship between recurrent laryngeal nerve and high inferior thyroid artery: a case report

“…[8][9][10][11] Other causes such as stellate ganglion blocks, central venous catheter placement, [11] and direct trauma may lead to serious injury to ITA. [12] It is reported that using imaging techniques such as ultrasound to identify any variations in anatomical structures prior to surgical and interventional procedures also prevents damage to ITA. [11] 172 Özen KE et al Variations of superior thyroid artery and ITA have been previously published by many authors.…”

Pseudoaneurysm of superior thyroid artery following ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation of hyperplastic parathyroid gland: a case report and literature review

“…There were 8 (57.1%) women and 6 (42.9%) men varying in age from 50 (6,7,9). Other four cases developing pseudoaneurysm underwent coil embolization and resolved (8,(10)(11)(12).…”

“…We conducted a systematic review searching database PubMed, Embase and Web of Science from inception to April 2019. The base characteristics of the 14 included cases from 7 articles were shown in Table 1 (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12). There were 8 (57.1%) women and 6 (42.9%) men varying in age from 50 (6,7,9).…”

Inferior thyroid artery thrombosis: a potential mimicker of thyroid nodule / Inferior tiroid arter trombozu: tiroid nodulunu taklit edebilen bir durum

“…Diagnosis of inferior thyroid artery abnormalities can be made by Color Doppler US, computed tomography angiography (CTA) or conventional angiography (3)(4). In general, gray-scale US in combination with color or power Doppler is noninvasive, safe, fast, cost-effective and feasible technique for neck imaging, especially valuable for differential diagnosis, because ITA thrombosis would show a connection to arterial system.…”