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- Title
Spontaneous Rupture of a Carotid Artery Aneurysm.
- Authors
O'Brien, Patrick Joshua; Peterson, David; Cox, Mitchell Wayne
- Abstract
Carotid aneurysms are rare, accounting for less than 4% of all aneurysms, and repair of this entity comprises only 0.9% of all carotid procedures at major referral centers. Stroke is the most frequent complication and the possibility of rupture is only rarely considered. Rupture of a nontraumatic, uninfected carotid aneurysm is an exceedingly rare event, with only a handful of cases documented in the world literature, most of which presented as an acute, life-threatening emergency. This report documents the highly unusual circumstance of subacute presentation of a ruptured carotid aneurysm.
- Subjects
RUPTURED aneurysms; THERAPEUTICS; SURGERY; CAROTID artery surgery; ANEURYSMS; CAROTID artery diseases; SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2011, Vol 45, Issue 2, p202
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1538574410393035