A Case of Giant Extracranial Carotid Artery Aneurysm View PDF

^*Okuyan Ertugrul
Department Of Cardiology, Cardiology Clinic, Bagcilar Research And Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Okuyan Ertugrul
Department Of Cardiology, Cardiology Clinic, Bagcilar Research And Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Email:dreokuyan@hotmail.com

Published on: 2014-03-27

Abstract

Extracranial carotid aneurysms are uncommon. Most patients remain asymptomatic. Local pain and a pulsating mass in the neck are the most frequently described symptoms. Most carotid artery aneurysms are caused by atherosclerosis, other common causes include trauma and infection. Surgical management of a 80-year-old female patient with a giant extracranial internal carotid artery aneurysm is presented in this report .

Keywords

Extracranial carotid aneurysms; Surgical management

Introduction

Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms are an uncommon entity, comprising 0.4 to 4 of all peripheral artery aneurysms 1,2 only 0.1 to 2 of all the carotid surgery procedures are performed for aneurysms.