Acute spontaneous otorrhagia resulting from a ruptured petrous carotid aneurysm. Case report.
A 35-year-old man experienced sudden spontaneous arterial bleeding from his left ear. Arteriography demonstrated a left petrous carotid aneurysm. The bleeding was initially controlled with packing and ultimately by left common carotid ligation and transection.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous