title: Treatment of internal carotid artery dissections with endovascular stent placement: report of two cases.
abstract: Extracranial carotid artery dissection may manifest as arterial stenosis or occlusion, or as dissecting aneurysm formation. Anticoagulation and/or antiplatelet therapy is the first-line treatment, but because it is effective and less invasive than other procedures, endovascular treatment of carotid artery dissection has recently attracted interest. We encountered two consecutive cases of trauma-related extracranial internal carotid artery dissection, one in the suprabulbar portion and one in the subpetrosal portion. We managed the patient with suprabulbar dissection using a self-expandable metallic stent and managed the patient with subpetrosal dissection using a balloon-expandable metallic stent. In both patients the dissecting aneurysm disappeared, and at follow-up improved luminal patency was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kangnung Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Kangnung-si, Kangwon-do, Korea. dhlee@knh.co.kr
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hur
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000150:complications; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents