Traumatic pseudoaneurysm following ankle trauma

Abstract

False aneurysms following inversion trauma of the ankle are very uncommon. We present a case of a 40-year-old male referred to our radiology department with persisting and painful swelling of the ankle following an inversion trauma. An MRI scan was performed that showed a false aneurysm originating from a distal anterior tibial artery side branch; the lateral malleolar artery. The false aneurysm was confirmed with ultrasound and successfully treated with ultrasoundguided thrombin injection. The patient made an uneventful recovery.

Traumatic Pseudoaneurysm of Peroneal Artery: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…Reviewing the literature reveals that MRI is less employed in the diagnosis of PTP. However, pseudoaneurysms can easily be detected with an MRI, using its unique features, including repetitive ghosting artifact in the phase-encoding direction [7,12,13]. In this study, we diagnosed the PTP of the peroneal artery, using MRI and MRA.…”