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Microsurgical Creation of Giant Bifurcation Aneurysms in Rabbits for the Evaluation of Endovascular Devices
Published on: September 8, 2023
[Giant extracranial carotid artery aneurysm]
Maud Van Buggenhout1, Natzi Sakalihasan2, Bernard Otto3
1Service de Chirurgie générale, CHU Liège, Belgique.
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Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms are extremely rare, representing less than 1 % of all peripheral arterial aneurysms. The main symptom is a pulsatile mass. Other symptoms are derived from compression of adjacent structures, cerebral events or rupture. Treatment can be surgical, endovascular or conservative. We report a clinical case of a 66-year-old woman who was diagnosed an extracranial left internal carotid artery aneurysm measuring 4 cm in the context of a pulsatile cervical mass. Treatment consisted of a total occlusion by the embolization of the left internal carotid after performing a balloon test occlusion. Outcome was favourable without stroke at 2 year.
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