Case report: Thrombosed giant cavernous carotid artery aneurysm secondary to cervical internal carotid artery dissection: An unusual entity

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Hima Pendharkar¹  Girish R Menon²  Sachin S Baldawa²  Suresh R Nair² 

[1] Department of Imaging Science and Interventional Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India;Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India;

关键词: cavernous carotid artery;    dissection;    giant aneurysm;    internal carotid artery;    thrombosis;   

DOI  :  10.4103/0971-3026.85373

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Spontaneous thrombosis of a giant intracranial aneurysm with parent artery occlusion is known. The exact mechanism is however unclear and various theories have been proposed. We present an unusual case of an angiographically documented cervical internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection, which led to total occlusion of the ICA distal to the dissected site, with acute cessation of forward blood flow. This resulted in acute upstream thrombosis of the giant cavernous carotid artery aneurysm and an acute cavernous sinus syndrome-like presentation.

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