title: Extracranial internal carotid artery aneurysms: report of a ruptured case and review of the literature.
abstract: Aneurysms of the extracranial carotid arteries (ECAA) are extremely rare. Schechter et al. [1] documented 835 cases in the literature up to 1977. One hundred and sixteen cases of ECAA have been documented in the Chinese literature since 1981, suggesting a higher prevalence of carotid aneurysmal disease in China than in the West. Four percent of all peripheral artery aneurysms are reported to be ECAA [2]. Those arising from the internal carotid artery (EICAA) are even more rare. Two recent reviews [3, 4] reported 24 and 25 cases of EICAA during 21 and 17 years, respectively, the majority of them is treated surgically. Our literature review revealed only a few true EICAA managed endovascularly, but none of them with a covered stent. We describe a rare such case of ruptured atherosclerotic EICAA which was treated percutaneously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, GR, 26500, Rion, Greece. siablis@med.upatras.gr
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Siablis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karnabatidis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katsanos
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mastronikolis
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zabakis
authors.forename: Pantelis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kraniotis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous