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Rupture of an internal carotid artery aneurysm in the petrous temporal bone
M A Forshaw1, N Higgins, D G Hardy
1Department of Otoneurology and Skull Base Surgery and Department of Neuroradiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
A case of otorrhagia following the rupture of an aneurysm of the intrapetrous portion of the internal carotid artery is presented. The aneurysm was successfully treated by balloon occlusion of the parent artery. The problems associated with diagnosis and clinical management of these lesions is discussed and possible solutions suggested.