title: Stenotic kinking of the cavernous internal carotid artery with a giant intra-cavernous aneurysm: case report.
abstract: We report a giant aneurysm of the cavernous internal carotid artery with proximal internal carotid stenosis. The stenosis showed two typical features: a kink at the stenosis and location at the exit from the carotid canal. We believe that the cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery is compressed medially by the giant aneurysm and a kink occurs at the point where the artery leaves the bony carotid canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokote
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itakura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Komai
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002426:Cavernous Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed