Rupture of cavernous carotid artery aneurysm causing subdural hematoma and death. Case report.
Aneurysms of the intracavernous portion of the internal carotid artery may become very large, but they very rarely rupture. A case is described in which rupture of such a lesion resulted in a lethal massive subdural hematoma with transtentorial herniation. This is the second reported case of substantiated intracranial rupture from a wholly intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm.
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
J E
JE
Hodes
W A
WA
Fletcher
D F
DF
Goodman
W F
WF
Hoyt
D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed