title: Iatrogenic rupture of internal carotid artery aneurysm. A complication of CT-guided needle biopsy of the neck.
abstract: Incidental rupture of an internal carotid artery aneurysm complicating a CT-guided needle biopsy of the neck is reported. A contrast CT scan failed to diagnose the lesion, which was not pulsatile and thought to be a neoplastic cervical lymph node. After leakage of the aneurysm. Color-Doppler scan and MRI identified aneurysmal changes of the carotid artery wall with an intraluminal thrombus. Successful emergency resection with a PTFE interposition graft was performed.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II, Cattedra di Chirurgia Vascolare.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porcellini
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bernardo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perretti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bauleo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene