title: [Mycotic aneurysm of the extracranial internal carotid artery].
abstract: Extracranial internal carotid artery aneurysm is rare. They usually appear as an enlarging pulsatile neck mass with associated tenderness and fever. The diagnosis is difficult and can lead to significant medical morbidity. Treatment of these lesions requires expert surgical management and necessitates an assiduous search for an underlying source. We report a case of a mycotic aneurysm of the extracranial carotid artery in an immunosuppressed patient successfully treated by wide excision and saphenous vein patch angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie vasculaire, Hôpital Erasme, 808, Route de Lennik, 1070 Bruxelles. didier.dequanter@wanadoo.be
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dequanter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Wilde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dereume
mesh_terms: D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017130:Angioplasty; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein