title: Splitting of the optic nerve by a carotid-ophthalmic artery aneurysm. Case report.
abstract: A patient with splitting of the optic nerve by a carotid-ophthalmic artery aneurysm is presented. Possible explanations for this previously unreported configuration are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed