Nodular Proliferation in Parkes Weber Syndrome.

Parkes Weber syndrome (PWS) is characterized by the association of high flow vascular malformation and overgrowth of a part of the body, usually a limb. In a previous review of 10 patients with PWS from our hospital we described a case of congenital short femur and four cases of severe lymphedema. We present a case of PWS associated with a nodular proliferative form not previously described.

Endovascular treatment of posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the common carotid artery.

Carotid artery injuries with pseudoaneurysm are uncommon but associated with central neurologic dysfunction. We present a case of posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the right common carotid artery treated by implantation of a covered stent. A 44-year-old woman with multiple injuries after fall from height presents a small dissection flap of the right common carotid artery (RCCA) on the initial computed tomography angiography (CTA).

Submandibular approach and use of Ligasure(®) system in a complex carotid paraganglioma.

Unlabelled: Carotid paragangliomas are rare tumors of slow growth, progressive, and highly vascularized; surgery is the chosen treatment, and most surgeons perform an approach with a longitudinal cervicotomy.

Objective: We present a case of carotid paraganglioma Shamblin III with skull base extension.

Methods: Submandibular approach and vascular sealing device of the Ligasure(®) system were used in the surgery.

Experimental model for coadjuvant treatment with mesenchymal stem cells for aortic aneurysm.

Unlabelled: Many factors are possibly involved in the inflammatory process which causes the degeneration of the arterial wall in the formation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. During the last years different experimental models have been published to treat this fault of the arterial walls. Parallel the clinical treatment has evolved.

Post-sternotomy intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm. Sonographic diagnosis and thrombosis by ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection.

Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysms are extremely rare. We present a case of an intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm after median sternotomy that was treated by ultrasound-guided percutaneous thrombin injection. They are a potential source of complications, especially haemothorax, and treatment is mandatory.