title: Post-traumatic dissecting aneurysm of extracranial internal carotid artery: endovascular treatment with stenting.
abstract: Traumatic internal carotid dissection occurs frequently in motor vehicle accidents, typically extracranially, close to the skull base. Dissection may lead to stenosis or occlusion of the vessel, possibly with a pseudoaneurysm, symptoms ranging from neck pain to neurological deficits. In symptomatic patients and in cases of pseudoaneurysm, when conservative medical treatment fails, surgery or endovascular treatment are indicated. We report a post-traumatic dissecting aneurysm of the extracranial internal carotid artery successfully treated with stenting via a transfemoral approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy. simionato.franco@hsr.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Simionato
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Righi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scotti
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed