title: Rupture of an internal carotid artery aneurysm in the petrous temporal bone.
abstract: A case of otorrhagia following the rupture of an aneurysm of the intrapetrous portion of the internal carotid artery is presented. The aneurysm was successfully treated by balloon occlusion of the parent artery. The problems associated with diagnosis and clinical management of these lesions is discussed and possible solutions suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otoneurology and Skull Base Surgery and Department of Neuroradiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Forshaw
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moffat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005925:Glomus Jugulare Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010579:Petrous Bone; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed