Early recognition and proper treatment of the following main finger infections will help prevent most of the serious outcomes. 1  Paronychia: A paronychia is an infection of the finger that involves the tissue at the edges of the fingernail.
Of surgical importance is the relationship of the maxillary artery to the lateral pterygoid muscle. The maxillary artery was found medial to the lateral pterygoid muscle in 30.5% of 180 dissections and lateral to the lateral pterygoid in 69.5%.
In this article, we describe the normal functional anatomy of the maxillary artery and its branches, the computed tomographic (CT) and three-dimensional angiographic appearances of these vessels and of maxillary artery lesions, and endovascular techniques for the treatment of these lesions.