Predictive factors for bleeding carotid artery pseudoaneurysms in patients with previous radiations for head and neck cancers.
Zhexi HeTin Fong James ZhuangYuen Ting Rebecca NgHorace ChengMacy TongChun Ho Simon YuKwok Chu George WongPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2021)
We identified baseline hypertension and hypotension on arrival as predictive factors for pseudoaneurysmal bleeding in patients with irradiated head and neck cancer. Presence of these risk factors should alert the clinicians to the possibility of carotid pseudoaneurysms.