ABSTRACT
We present the case of a 74-year-old man with a pulsatile somatosound causing insomnia and day-time irritation. Given the lack of salvation after medical therapy the patient went in search for a solution and found it in a tennis ball and radio. In this case, the somatosound was due to an extracranial arteriovenous malformation, but the differential diagnosis of pulsatile somatosounds is quit extended, ranging form vascular disorders to tumoral processes. This makes these cases challenging for all caretakers.
Subject(s)
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations/complications , Music , Tinnitus/therapy , Aged , Humans , Male , Radio , Tennis , Tinnitus/etiologyABSTRACT
An 85-year-old patient presented with a giant pseudo-aneurysm in the groin fifteen years after placement of an aortobifemoral graft (ABG). The pseudo-aneurysm was expanding rapidly. To prevent massive haemorrhage an inflatable balloon was inserted into the native distal aorta. The balloon was inserted via the contralateral groin. After inflation, the pseudo-aneurysm was safely excluded by the interposition of a new prosthetic segment between the left prosthetic branch of the ABG and the common femoral artery. This technique, which has been used for more than 50 years in several other indications, is an elegant method to minimise blood loss in the treatment of large pseudoaneurysms of the groin.
