Surviving common carotid rupture caused by a cervical abscess.
This article describes the events preceding and following the rupture of the right common carotid artery caused by a cervical abcess. Stent grafting resulted in a good outcome.
Tsolakidis
George F
GF
Intensive Care Unit, 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital, Athens, Greece. tsolakidis@yahoo.com
Gallis
Panagyotis
P
Lagios
Konstantinos
K
Hozos
Konstantinos
K
Pavlakis
George
G
Anthopoulos
George
G
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000150:complications*