Bilateral traumatic extracranial aneurysms of the internal carotid artery with delayed brain infarction.
A 24-year-old woman with a left-sided cerebral infarction presented with hemiplegia and aphasia. Five months earlier she had had a closed head injury. Angiography revealed bilateral extracranial post-traumatic aneurysms of the internal carotid artery at the atlanto-axial level. There was full recovery without operative treatment within a week.
D000328:Adult; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*