title: Extracranial internal carotid artery Salmonella mycotic aneurysm complicated by occlusion of the internal carotid artery: depiction by color Doppler sonography, CT and DSA.
abstract: Mycotic aneurysms of the extracranial carotid artery are rare. Seventy-four cases have been described in the medical literature and only eight secondary to Salmonella infection. To our knowledge, color Doppler sonography, computed tomography (CT), and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) findings relating to the diagnosis and follow-up of extracranial internal carotid artery mycotic aneurysm complicated by occlusion have not previously been described in the literature. We present a report of color Doppler sonography, CT, and DSA findings of a mycotic aneurysm of the right extracranial internal carotid artery due to Salmonella associated with occlusion of the internal carotid artery, promptly diagnosed and followed up using these imaging modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography, General Peripheral Hospital G.Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece. sidiroma@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Maria S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sidiropoulou
authors.forename: Theodoros L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Giannopoulos
authors.forename: Triantafillos
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gerukis
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Economou
authors.forename: Aggelos
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Megalopoulos
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kalpakidis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Palladas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color