Document Type
Article
Department
AKU-Pakistan; Medicine
Abstract
Internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysms are uncommon. We report a young man with history of trivialtrauma who presented with middle cerebral artery stroke.Head CT scan revealed a right parapharyngeal mass. MRI confirmed the diagnosis of internal carotidpseudoaneurysm. Cerebral angiogram showed dissection of internal carotid artery with a large pseudoaneurysm and almost complete occlusion of vessel distal to aneurysm.Vessel was obliterated by fibercoiling and gluing byendovascular technique to diminish risk of furthere mbolization. MRI characteristics of carotid pseudoaneurysms and role of endovascular treatment arediscussed.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Wasay, M.,
Dai, A.,
Dubey, N.,
Kamran, S.
(2007). Acute stroke secondary to internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm: MRI findingsand treatment with endovascularcoiling. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 57(7), 377-378.
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