UNASSIGNED: SMT is used to treat musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain and neck pain by applying force to the spinal joints. Here, we report a rare but devastating complication of SMT, where a young male patient, 22 years old, with ES, had a large pseudoaneurysm from the internal carotid artery (ICA) after SMT from an unlicensed practitioner, treated successfully with endograft. Clinicians administering SMT should consider an elongated styloid process as a potential contraindication to this therapy.
■SMT用于通过向脊柱关节施加力来治疗肌肉骨骼疾病,例如背痛和颈部疼痛。这里,我们报告了一种罕见但破坏性的SMT并发症,一个年轻的男性病人,22岁,对于ES,在无证执业医师进行SMT后,颈内动脉(ICA)出现了大的假性动脉瘤,内移植物治疗成功。使用SMT的临床医生应将细长的茎突视为该疗法的潜在禁忌症。