Serial development of 'de novo' aneurysms after carotid ligation: case report.
A case demonstrating the serial development of "de novo" aneurysms following common carotid ligation is presented. Persistence of the hemodynamic changes caused by carotid ligation, proven by ophthalmodynamometry performed twenty-five years later, might be the underlying basis for the serial formation of de novo aneurysms. The need for a program of routine neuroradiological follow-up in patients undergoing carotid ligation is discussed.
Drapkin
A J
AJ
Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey.
Rose
W S
WS
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000601:surgery; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors