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Pseudoaneurysm of the High Extracranial Internal Carotid Artery: A Case Report and Literature Review

From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Prof. R. Limet, University Hospital Bavière, Liège, Belgium

M. Lecomte

From the Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Citadelle, Liège, Belgium

G. DeKoster

From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Prof. R. Limet, University Hospital Bavière, Liège, Belgium

R. Limet

From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Prof. R. Limet, University Hospital Bavière, Liège, Belgium

A case of pseudoaneurysm of the cervical internal carotid artery in a sixteen- year-old girl is reported. The enormous neck mass was initially misdiagnosed as a lymphomatous tumor; neck biopsy was compounded by a massive hemor rhage. The neck wound became secondarily infected, rendering the pseu doaneurysm mycotic. In the presence of infection any attempt of vascular reconstruction was pointless, so the internal carotid artery was doubly ligated. Recovery was uneventful, without neurologic deficit.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 22, No. 5, 354-360 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/153857448802200510


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