Traumatic aneurysm of the internal carotid artery and epistaxis. (Review of literature and report of a case).
A review of 108 years of world literature revealed 69 cases fulfilling the picture of a clinical syndrome of head injury, a latent period followed by epistaxis and cranial nerve lesions. A similar case has been added which is the fourth case to be reported to be due to a bullet injury. The applied anatomy of the intracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) and the aetiology, clinical syndrome, pathology, diagnosis, prognosis and management of ICA aneurysms have been briefly discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003391:Cranial Nerves; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications*