title: Spontaneous rupture of the common carotid artery with pseudoaneurysm formation.
abstract: A 27-year-old man presented to the ED with an expanding neck mass after a Valsalva maneuver during sexual intercourse. This patient was found to have sustained a spontaneous rupture of the common carotid artery with pseudoaneurysm formation. The defect was repaired surgically with a saphenous vein patch, and the patient recovered. We discuss the rare occurrence of spontaneous carotid artery rupture and subsequent pseudoaneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore 21201, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prendergast
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed