title: Bilateral petrous internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysms presenting with sensorineural hearing loss.
abstract: We present a case of an 85-year-old woman with a 40-year history of progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Imaging studies demonstrated bilateral pseudoaneurysms of the petrous portion of the internal carotid arteries eroding into both cochleas. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of such lesions.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.
authors.forename: Catherine J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moonis
authors.forename: Robert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Hurst
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hockstein
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bigelow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003051:Cochlea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008576:Meningeal Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed