[Carotid aneurysm following apparent complications in catheterization of the internal jugular vein].
During resuscitation of a patient wih ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm his right internal jugular vein was cannulated with a 12 gauge catheter-through-cannula assembly (Cavafix 458, Braun-Melsungen), using a high central approach, without any apparent complications. Five weeks later a dissecting aneurysm of the right common carotid artery developed. From clinical, angiographic and histological data it is very likely that the aneurysm resulted from the catheterization procedure.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D002339:Carotid Arteries; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Carotisaneurysma nach scheinbar komplikationsloser Katheterisierung der Vena jugularis interna.