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Post-traumatic amaurosis secondary to paraophthalmic internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm treated with pipeline
James D Kim1, Sean M Barber, Orlando M Diaz
1Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (JDK), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; Departments of Neurological Surgery (SMB) and Interventional Neuroradiology (OMD), Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (HKL, AGL), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; School of Bioinformatics (HKL), The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Ophthalmology (HKL), Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Ophthalmology (HKL, AGL), The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas; Department of Medicine (REJ, DH), The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, Texas; Department of Medicine (REJ), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery (AGL), Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York; and Department of Ophthalmology (AGL), The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.
Abstract:
During evaluation for monocular visual loss, a 48-year-old woman was found to have a posttraumatic paraophthalmic internal carotid artery (ICA) pseudoaneurysm. She underwent reconstruction of the ophthalmic segment of the right ICA with a Pipeline embolization device but her vision did not return.
