title: Alagille syndrome with cavernous carotid artery aneurysm.
abstract: We present a case of right sided blindness caused by a cavernous carotid artery aneurysm in a 17-year-old patient presenting with an Alagille syndrome. The diagnosis was made by magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed by angiography. This aneurysm was treated successfully with endovascular placement of detachable balloons. Cerebral vascular malformations are rarely reported in association with this syndrome. We discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and detection of this type of abnormality.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, CHRU de Caen, Caen, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bourdon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jokic
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: de Rugy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Babin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valdazo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Courtheoux
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016738:Alagille Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed